Average Telephone Operators Salary in Charleston-North Charleston, SC
BLS tracks 90 telephone operators in Charleston-North Charleston, SC but does not publish a wage estimate for this occupation in this location. Below you'll find national context and peer states with reported wages.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Charleston-North Charleston, SC (metro area).
No annual salary published for this location.
BLS does not publish an annual wage estimate for telephone operators in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. This is common for occupations where most work is project-based, hourly, or on irregular schedules (actors, athletes, musicians, dancers). No wage figures were published at all for this location in the latest release.
Local employment
- Workers tracked locally
- 90
- How common this job is here
- 9.79×
- More concentrated here than nationally — this metro area is unusually strong in this occupation.
Where telephone operators earn the most per hour
Locations where BLS did publish hourly wage data for telephone operators this release, ranked highest to lowest.
By hourly wage
Top-paying states
- California
- $27.49/hr
- New York
- $24.15/hr
- District of Columbia
- $23.71/hr
- Massachusetts
- $23.05/hr
- Wisconsin
- $22.40/hr
- Maryland
- $20.41/hr
- Virginia
- $20.36/hr
- New Jersey
- $20.17/hr
By hourly wage
Top-paying metros
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- $28.32/hr
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- $24.72/hr
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- $23.05/hr
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
- $21.63/hr
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- $20.41/hr
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- $19.42/hr
National job outlook
BLS publishes national employment projections for telephone operators from 2024 to 2034. These projections are national and not broken down by state.
- Projected growth
- -27.5%
- -1,100 net jobs over the projection period
- Annual openings
- 300
- Includes growth plus replacements
- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
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Other jobs in the same field. Many of these follow similar hourly or project-based pay patterns.
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