How much do Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

Percentile spread

For Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service, the published 10th percentile is $35,650 and the 90th percentile is $58,090. The difference is $22,440, which is 48.6% 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 $36,360 to the 75th at $49,200, covers $12,840.

The mean annual wage is $45,100, which sits below the median of $46,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 19.5% higher than the national median of $38,630 for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,001, which is 19.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% lower than the Washington median of $47,800.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service at $46,001 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $50,470 and employment of 190. That median is 9.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,414, against $46,001 here.

Employment share

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (90 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.60 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.