Vocational Programs for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Career

The role of Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service is to operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $40,020 and $19 per hour. Based on BLS data, a total of 43,830 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Related Occupations to Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service.

Related Occupations toSwitchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Administrative Services Managers	243K	$121,200	$58
Computer Network Architects	174K	$133,930	$64
Telemarketers	81,580	$36,680	$18
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,505K	$68,620	$33
Telephone Operators	4,600	$42,100	$20
Billing and Posting Clerks	430K	$47,120	$23
Brokerage Clerks	48,060	$63,130	$30
Customer Service Representatives	2,859K	$43,520	$21
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,004K	$36,590	$18
Public Safety Telecommunicators	97,820	$52,140	$25
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	206K	$50,830	$24
Postal Service Clerks	78,130	$59,240	$28
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	484K	$73,680	$35
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	750K	$43,380	$21
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,785K	$45,490	$22
Data Entry Keyers	154K	$40,130	$19
Word Processors and Typists	37,200	$47,170	$23
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	66,600	$38,370	$18
Office Clerks, General	2,496K	$43,560	$21
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	160K	$64,010	$31