Employment Percentage: 
-38.562874251497
SOC ID: 
43-2011
SOC Title: 
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
ONET ID: 
43-2011.00
ONET Concat ID: 
43201100
Median Salary: 
33321.86
Ed Level High School: 
62.689999
Ed Level Certificate: 
0.5
Ed Level Some College: 
24.059999
Ed Level Associates: 
6.45
Ed Level Bachelors: 
6.31
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>Answer incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls or taking messages as necessary.</li><li>Operate communication systems, such as telephone, switchboard, intercom, two-way radio, or public address.</li><li>Page individuals to inform them of telephone calls, using paging or interoffice communication equipment.</li><li>Relay or route written or verbal messages.</li><li>Place telephone calls or arrange conference calls as instructed.</li><li>Perform various data entry or word processing tasks, such as updating phone directories, typing or proofreading documents, or creating schedules.</li><li>Process incoming or outgoing mail, packages, or deliveries.</li><li>Perform administrative tasks, such as accepting orders, scheduling appointments or meeting rooms, or sending and receiving faxes.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
26353.86
Top Annual Earnings: 
49913.32
Title Slug: 
switchboard-operator-including-answering-service