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Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service pay in Alabama and Alaska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service is $32,210 per year in Alabama. It is $37,690 per year in Alaska. Alabama is 14.5% below Alaska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-2011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 680 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and Not published in Alaska. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings