Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in State College, PA Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in State College, PA Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in State College, PA (BLS Area code: 44300 ) earned an average wage of $11.08 per hour and an average annual salary of $23,050State College, PA100Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in State College, PA earned 2% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in State College, PA earned 35% less than the average worker in State College, PA.

State salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in State College, PA earned 40% less than the average worker in Pennsylvania.

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in State College, PA earned 41% less than the average worker in the United States.

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Mean hourly wage:	$11.08
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.85
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$9.42
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$10.68
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$12.51
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$14.14

Switchboard operators, including answering service in State College, PA

Mean annual salary:	$23,050
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$16,340
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$19,600
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$22,210
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$26,020
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$29,420