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Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service in Delaware
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is more common here than nationally: 0.4 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 1.65).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $15.48
- AK, Alaska, median $18.12
- AZ, Arizona, median $19.42
- AR, Arkansas, median $16.96
- CA, California, median $23.48
- CO, Colorado, median $21.02
- CT, Connecticut, median $18.45
- DE, Delaware, median $17.30
- DC, District of Columbia, median $26.30
- FL, Florida, median $17.03
- GA, Georgia, median $18.99
- HI, Hawaii, median $28.78
- ID, Idaho, median $18.27
- IL, Illinois, median $20.51
- IN, Indiana, median $17.72
- IA, Iowa, median $18.46
- KS, Kansas, median $18.64
- KY, Kentucky, median $18.07
- LA, Louisiana, median $17.26
- ME, Maine, median $20.84
- MD, Maryland, median $17.83
- MA, Massachusetts, median $21.05
- MI, Michigan, median $17.98
- MN, Minnesota, median $22.80
- MS, Mississippi, median $14.68
- MO, Missouri, median $17.85
- MT, Montana, median $17.44
- NE, Nebraska, median $18.06
- NV, Nevada, median $18.30
- NH, New Hampshire, median $21.26
- NJ, New Jersey, median $19.44
- NM, New Mexico, median $18.13
- NY, New York, median $21.79
- NC, North Carolina, median $18.52
- ND, North Dakota, not published
- OH, Ohio, median $17.48
- OK, Oklahoma, median $16.96
- OR, Oregon, not published
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $17.74
- RI, Rhode Island, median $19.16
- SC, South Carolina, median $16.35
- SD, South Dakota, not published
- TN, Tennessee, median $17.09
- TX, Texas, median $16.16
- UT, Utah, not published
- VT, Vermont, median $20.50
- VA, Virginia, median $17.66
- WA, Washington, median $22.98
- WV, West Virginia, median $18.00
- WI, Wisconsin, median $19.24
- WY, Wyoming, not published
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $12.00
Top metro and nonmetro areas
Across Delaware
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