Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Salary — Dover, Delaware

The average Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service in Dover, Delaware earns $38,360 a year.

$38,360 / year, mean
↓ 10.5% below national average 100th percentile in Delaware

Dover sits at the very top of the range for this role in Delaware — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's noticeably below the national average for switchboard operators, including answering service, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Delaware

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
Cost of living 98 #80 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1871 #100 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $372,156 #66 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $72,872 #86 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Dover ranks #80 for cost of living and #66 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $73,450 San Francisco $61,160 Stockton $57,560 Sacramento $53,540 Napa $53,060 Oxnard $52,840 Bend $52,830 Santa Rosa $52,410 New York $51,680 Seattle $51,190 San Diego $49,660 Los Angeles $49,520 Modesto $48,940 Salinas $48,480 Riverside $47,100 Santa Maria $45,880 Fresno $45,730 Visalia $45,340 Chicago $45,230 Bakersfield $45,210 Spokane $45,100 Kiryas Joel $44,720 Merced $44,480 Buffalo $43,480 Syracuse $43,130 Indianapolis $43,100 Binghamton $41,570 Albany $41,170 Philadelphia $41,060 Louisville $40,840 Medford $40,490 Rockford $40,290 Peoria $39,960 Detroit $39,820 Springfield $39,820 Harrisburg $39,590 Lexington $39,580 Kalamazoo $39,390 Rochester $39,150 Reading $39,060 Austin $38,850 Lakeland $38,810 Lancaster $38,600 Baltimore $38,370 Dover $38,360 Sarasota $38,220 Bloomington $37,800 Pittsburgh $37,750 Huntington $37,680 Fort Myers $37,450 Tampa $36,940 Richmond $36,770 Virginia Beach $36,740 Orlando $36,590 Miami $36,570 Jacksonville $36,380 Deltona $35,960 Pensacola $35,510 Scranton $35,430 Houston $34,790 Ocala $34,790 San Antonio $34,710 Palm Bay $34,450 Dallas $34,030 Killeen $31,550 Lubbock $30,880 McAllen $30,500 El Paso $30,460 Corpus Christi $29,280 Brownsville $28,670 Beaumont $28,360
CityMean salaryvs. Dover
Albany, New York$41,170+7.3%
Austin, Texas$38,850+1.3%
Bakersfield, California$45,210+17.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$38,370+0.0%
Beaumont, Texas$28,360-26.1%
Bend, Oregon$52,830+37.7%
Binghamton, New York$41,570+8.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$37,800-1.5%
Brownsville, Texas$28,670-25.3%
Buffalo, New York$43,480+13.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$37,450-2.4%
Chicago, Illinois$45,230+17.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$29,280-23.7%
Dallas, Texas$34,030-11.3%
Deltona, Florida$35,960-6.3%
Detroit, Michigan$39,820+3.8%
El Paso, Texas$30,460-20.6%
Fresno, California$45,730+19.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$39,590+3.2%
Houston, Texas$34,790-9.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$37,680-1.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$43,100+12.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$36,380-5.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$39,390+2.7%
Killeen, Texas$31,550-17.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$44,720+16.6%
Lakeland, Florida$38,810+1.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$38,600+0.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$39,580+3.2%
Los Angeles, California$49,520+29.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$40,840+6.5%
Lubbock, Texas$30,880-19.5%
McAllen, Texas$30,500-20.5%
Medford, Oregon$40,490+5.6%
Merced, California$44,480+16.0%
Miami, Florida$36,570-4.7%
Modesto, California$48,940+27.6%
Napa, California$53,060+38.3%
New York, New York$51,680+34.7%
Sarasota, Florida$38,220-0.4%
Ocala, Florida$34,790-9.3%
Orlando, Florida$36,590-4.6%
Oxnard, California$52,840+37.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$34,450-10.2%
Pensacola, Florida$35,510-7.4%
Peoria, Illinois$39,960+4.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$41,060+7.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$37,750-1.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$39,060+1.8%
Richmond, Virginia$36,770-4.1%
Riverside, California$47,100+22.8%
Rochester, New York$39,150+2.1%
Rockford, Illinois$40,290+5.0%
Sacramento, California$53,540+39.6%
Salinas, California$48,480+26.4%
San Antonio, Texas$34,710-9.5%
San Diego, California$49,660+29.5%
San Francisco, California$61,160+59.4%
San Jose, California$73,450+91.5%
Santa Maria, California$45,880+19.6%
Santa Rosa, California$52,410+36.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$35,430-7.6%
Seattle, Washington$51,190+33.4%
Spokane, Washington$45,100+17.6%
Springfield, Illinois$39,820+3.8%
Stockton, California$57,560+50.1%
Syracuse, New York$43,130+12.4%
Tampa, Florida$36,940-3.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$36,740-4.2%
Visalia, California$45,340+18.2%
Gross salary
38,360/yr
Estimated take-home
31,440/yr
Est. total withheld
18.0%

Single filer, federal + Delaware state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-2011 SOC code
Official area Dover, DE BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 20100 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: de_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Delaware

Population (metro area)
185,043