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Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service pay in Delaware and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service is $35,980 per year in Delaware. It is $59,860 per year in Hawaii. Delaware is 39.9% below Hawaii 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 180 wage and salary jobs in Delaware and 410 in Hawaii. 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