Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Salary in Columbia, MO

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service pay range in Columbia

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,440 a year or less, while the top 10% make $44,240 or more. The middle half of switchboard operators, including answering service in Columbia earn between $33,440 and $38,590.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service salary after taxes in Columbia

On the average salary of $37,300, a single filer in Columbia takes home about $31,335 a year, or $2,611 a month and $1,205 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). The 1% earnings tax applies to people who live or work in Kansas City or St. Louis itself, not in the suburbs.

Is Columbia a good place for switchboard operators, including answering service? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Columbia area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.4), so the average $37,300 buys what about $41,705 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Columbia ($47,260). A typical home costs $323,951, or 8.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service salary in other Missouri cities

Columbia ranks 3rd of 4 Missouri metro areas for this job; Kansas City pays the most ($41,070).

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($73,450).

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service salary by city

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