Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service salary in Daphne, AL

The median switchboard operators, including answering service in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL earns $30,160 a year, 22% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,088 a month.

10th percentile: $30,070
25th percentile: $30,070
Median percentile: $30,160
75th percentile: $32,150
90th percentile: $34,060

Based on 30 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$25,056 take-home a year

Gross pay	$30,160
Federal income tax	−$1,439
Social Security + Medicare	−$2,307
Alabama income tax (approx.)	−$1,357
Monthly take-home	$2,088
Every two weeks	$964

Does it go far here?

$31,851Median pay in Daphne, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).

61%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,277 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Daphne, AL

Job	Median pay
General and Operations Managers	$100,260
Registered Nurses	$79,450
Accountants and Auditors	$71,230
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$64,290
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$62,890
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$62,400
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$61,500
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$58,860

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