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Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.
What a switchboard operator, including answering service does
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If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good switchboard operator, including answering service
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $26 per hour with a typical salary of $46,200 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $21 and $29 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $11,100 and $47,100 per year.
- 51% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $26 per hour with a typical salary of $29,400 per year.
- 64.8% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Switchboard Operator, Including Answering Service job outlook
- There are 637 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 75 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 25% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.