Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SC Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SC Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in Sumter, SC (BLS Area code: 44940 ) earned an average wage of $9.39 per hour and an average annual salary of $19,540Sumter, SC60Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SC earned 17% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

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

State salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SC earned 49% less than the average worker in South Carolina.

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SC earned 50% less than the average worker in the United States.

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SCSwitchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SC

Mean hourly wage:	$9.39
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.27
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$8.16
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$9.29
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$10.59
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$11.54

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Sumter, SC

Mean annual salary:	$19,540
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$15,110
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$16,980
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$19,320
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$22,020
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$23,990