Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
The published band from $38,900 to $94,640 is the distinctive signal for this role, not a twin of Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants.
Same-major-group titles next to Communications Equipment Operators, All Other: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants ($77K) , Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks ($51K) , Postal Service Clerks ($62K) , Cargo and Freight Agents ($52K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.
Highest-pay states for Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
State names lead when O*NET tasks are absent for this SOC, geography mass differs by occupation even when peer titles overlap.
- 1. Michigan $51,920
- 2. Minnesota $54,500
- 3. Massachusetts $54,500
- 4. Puerto Rico $21,840
- 5. Ohio $47,360
- 6. California $79,450
- 7. North Carolina $46,430
- 8. Texas $58,410
- 9. Missouri $87,030
- 10. Louisiana $48,560
Other Office and Administrative Support Occupations careers next to Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
Same BLS major group, ordered by national median.
- 1. Postal Service Clerks $62,130
- 2. Cargo and Freight Agents $52,260
- 3. Desktop Publishers $55,290
- 4. Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks $59,650
- 5. Public Safety Telecommunicators $53,040
- 6. Brokerage Clerks $65,750
- 7. Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks $58,260
- 8. Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs $54,210
- 9. Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators $58,470
- 10. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $50,670
- 11. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $69,500
- 12. Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants $76,590
Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments
The OEWS band for Communications Equipment Operators, All Other runs from $38,900 (10th) to $94,640 (90th), about 2.4× wide, with median $54,680. That spread, not the midpoint alone, is the distinctive published fact.
Employment Projections expect +3% change between 2024 and 2034 (about as fast as average vs baseline 3.1%). About 100 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns High school diploma or equivalent as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.
Highest published state median in this ranking: Michigan at $51,920. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants at $76,590. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other pay-rank #11 in Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Among 54 detailed Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a published OEWS median, Communications Equipment Operators, All Other is pay-rank #11, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.
Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other: pay spread is wide, and location matters
The 10th-to-90th percentile spread for Communications Equipment Operators, All Other is unusually wide, so the state map and peer comparison carry more signal than the median alone.
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other salary map
State, metro, and percentile for SOC 43-2099
Michigan · top state for Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
$52K published median
Minnesota · #2 state pay
$55K · behind Michigan
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Highest-pay peer vs Communications Equipment Operators, All Other · $77K
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Lower-pay peer beside Communications Equipment Operators, All Other · $51K
Compare Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
Head-to-head OEWS medians with another SOC
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025
Federal sources on this Communications Equipment Operators, All Other card
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 43-2099. bls.gov/oes
- O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Communications Equipment Operators, All Other. onetcenter.org
- BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics