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Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service salary in Hartford, CT

The median switchboard operators, including answering service in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT earns $43,500 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,913 a month.

10th percentile
$34,720
25th percentile
$34,790
Median percentile
$43,500
75th percentile
$49,710
90th percentile
$52,250

Based on 80 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

$34,957 take-home a year
Gross pay$43,500
Federal income tax−$3,040
Social Security + Medicare−$3,328
Connecticut income tax (approx.)−$2,175
Monthly take-home$2,913
Every two weeks$1,345

Does it go far here?

$42,337Median pay in Hartford, CT is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.7 vs 100).
49%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,416 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Hartford, CT

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$222,820
General Internal Medicine Physicians$179,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers$174,440
Computer and Information Systems Managers$171,350
Financial Managers$170,310
Actuaries$166,800
Managers, All Other$163,730
Marketing Managers$163,210

All switchboard operators, including answering service salaries · Take-home pay in Connecticut