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Telephone Operators pay in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Telephone Operators is $37,600 per year in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. It is $58,900 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 36.2% below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-2021 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN and 110 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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