Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Salary — Syracuse, New York

The average Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service in Syracuse, New York earns $43,130 a year.

$43,130 / year, mean
↑ 0.6% above national average 57th percentile in New York

Syracuse sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within New York — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for switchboard operators, including answering service — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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 New York

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
90
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
Cost of living 96 #94 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2005 #101 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $264,903 #127 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $73,558 #79 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Syracuse ranks #94 for cost of living and #127 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. Syracuse
Albany, New York$41,170-4.5%
Austin, Texas$38,850-9.9%
Bakersfield, California$45,210+4.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$38,370-11.0%
Beaumont, Texas$28,360-34.2%
Bend, Oregon$52,830+22.5%
Binghamton, New York$41,570-3.6%
Bloomington, Illinois$37,800-12.4%
Brownsville, Texas$28,670-33.5%
Buffalo, New York$43,480+0.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$37,450-13.2%
Chicago, Illinois$45,230+4.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$29,280-32.1%
Dallas, Texas$34,030-21.1%
Deltona, Florida$35,960-16.6%
Detroit, Michigan$39,820-7.7%
Dover, Delaware$38,360-11.1%
El Paso, Texas$30,460-29.4%
Fresno, California$45,730+6.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$39,590-8.2%
Houston, Texas$34,790-19.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$37,680-12.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$43,100-0.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$36,380-15.7%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$39,390-8.7%
Killeen, Texas$31,550-26.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$44,720+3.7%
Lakeland, Florida$38,810-10.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$38,600-10.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$39,580-8.2%
Los Angeles, California$49,520+14.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$40,840-5.3%
Lubbock, Texas$30,880-28.4%
McAllen, Texas$30,500-29.3%
Medford, Oregon$40,490-6.1%
Merced, California$44,480+3.1%
Miami, Florida$36,570-15.2%
Modesto, California$48,940+13.5%
Napa, California$53,060+23.0%
New York, New York$51,680+19.8%
Sarasota, Florida$38,220-11.4%
Ocala, Florida$34,790-19.3%
Orlando, Florida$36,590-15.2%
Oxnard, California$52,840+22.5%
Palm Bay, Florida$34,450-20.1%
Pensacola, Florida$35,510-17.7%
Peoria, Illinois$39,960-7.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$41,060-4.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$37,750-12.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$39,060-9.4%
Richmond, Virginia$36,770-14.7%
Riverside, California$47,100+9.2%
Rochester, New York$39,150-9.2%
Rockford, Illinois$40,290-6.6%
Sacramento, California$53,540+24.1%
Salinas, California$48,480+12.4%
San Antonio, Texas$34,710-19.5%
San Diego, California$49,660+15.1%
San Francisco, California$61,160+41.8%
San Jose, California$73,450+70.3%
Santa Maria, California$45,880+6.4%
Santa Rosa, California$52,410+21.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$35,430-17.9%
Seattle, Washington$51,190+18.7%
Spokane, Washington$45,100+4.6%
Springfield, Illinois$39,820-7.7%
Stockton, California$57,560+33.5%
Tampa, Florida$36,940-14.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$36,740-14.8%
Visalia, California$45,340+5.1%
Gross salary
43,130/yr
Estimated take-home
35,068/yr
Est. total withheld
18.7%

Single filer, federal + New York 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 Syracuse, NY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 45060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ny_dtf_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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Population (metro area)
657,128