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Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service pay in Hawaii and Louisiana
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service is $59,860 per year in Hawaii. It is $35,890 per year in Louisiana. Hawaii is 66.8% above Louisiana 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 410 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and Not published in Louisiana. 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