Telephone Operators Salary in Austin, TX

Telephone Operators pay range in Austin

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $39,500 a year or less, while the top 10% make $51,600 or more. The middle half of telephone operators in Austin earn between $39,500 and $44,980.

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

Telephone Operators salary after taxes in Austin

On the average salary of $44,020, a single filer in Austin takes home about $37,550 a year, or $3,129 a month and $1,444 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is Austin a good place for telephone operators? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Austin area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.1), so the average $44,020 buys what about $44,888 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Austin ($56,950). A typical home costs $428,524, or 9.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Telephone Operators salary in other Texas cities

Austin ranks 1st of 2 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Telephone Operators salaries in Texas

Highest-paying cities for telephone operators

Los Angeles, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($55,510).

Telephone Operators salary by city

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