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
Peer ladder above lists 12 other Office and Administrative Support Occupations titles , led here by Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants.
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 next: salary map, states, and peers
SOC 43-2099 · national median $54,680 · upper third of Office and Administrative Support Occupations (#11/54). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.
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