Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in Topeka, KS (BLS Area code: 45820 ) earned an average wage of $10.91 per hour and an average annual salary of $22,680Topeka, KS110Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS earned 4% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS earned 36% less than the average worker in Topeka, KS.

State salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS earned 35% less than the average worker in Kansas.

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS earned 42% less than the average worker in the United States.

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KSSwitchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS

Mean hourly wage:	$10.91
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.79
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$9.27
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$10.69
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$12.82
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$14.24

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Topeka, KS

Mean annual salary:	$22,680
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$16,200
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$19,280
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$22,230
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$26,660
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$29,620