How much do Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Percentile spread

For Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service, the published 10th percentile is $41,280 and the 90th percentile is $81,090. The difference is $39,810, which is 64.4% 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 $47,000 to the 75th at $75,700, covers $28,700.

The mean annual wage is $61,160, which sits below the median of $61,780. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 59.9% higher than the national median of $38,630 for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,437, which is 38.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 26.5% higher than the California median of $48,840.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,780 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service at $53,437 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd of 10 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).).

• Napa, CA is 51 miles away, with a median of $49,460 and employment of 50. That median is 19.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,943, against $53,437 here.
• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $59,360 and employment of 170. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,485, against $53,437 here.
• Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 63 miles away, with a median of $46,330 and employment of 90. That median is 25% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,984, against $53,437 here.

Employment share

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (700 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.34 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.