Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Wichita, KS Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Wichita, KS Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in Wichita, KS (BLS Area code: 48620 ) earned an average wage of $10.79 per hour and an average annual salary of $22,430Wichita, KS490Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Wichita, KS earned 5% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Wichita, KS earned 37% less than the average worker in Wichita, KS.

State salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Wichita, KS earned 36% less than the average worker in Kansas.

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Wichita, KS earned 43% less than the average worker in the United States.

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

Mean hourly wage:	$10.79
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.73
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$8.66
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$10.89
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$12.79
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$13.86

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Wichita, KS

Mean annual salary:	$22,430
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$16,080
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$18,020
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$22,640
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$26,610
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$28,820