How much do Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service make in Barnstable Town, MA?

Percentile spread

For Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service, the published 10th percentile is $39,190 and the 90th percentile is $67,550. The difference is $28,360, which is 49.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $41,840 to the 75th at $67,550, covers $25,710.

The mean annual wage is $54,840, which sits below the median of $57,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Barnstable Town, MA median is 47.6% higher than the national median of $38,630 for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,986, which is 50.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 30.2% higher than the Massachusetts median of $43,790.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Barnstable Town, MA is 98.351, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service at $57,986 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service. Barnstable Town, MA ranks 1st of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $38,370 and employment of 250. That median is 32.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,702, against $57,986 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 71 miles away, with a median of $45,760 and employment of 540. That median is 19.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,266, against $57,986 here.
• Worcester, MA is 100 miles away, with a median of $44,050 and employment of 70. That median is 22.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,966, against $57,986 here.

Employment share

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Barnstable Town, MA (40 of 94,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.93 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.