1. Home
  2. Careers
  3. Telephone Operators

Telephone Operators Career

For the Telephone Operators, the average hourly wage is $20.24 and the average annual wage is $42,100. Understand required skills and ability for the career and find right career colleges for it.
Telephone Operators career

Telephone Operators

The main tasks and work activities of Telephone Operators are to answer telephones to direct calls or provide information, search files, databases or reference materials to obtain needed information, assist individuals with paperwork, assist disabled or incapacitated individuals. In general, for the Telephone Operators, active Listening, speaking, service Orientation, social Perceptiveness and other 3 skills are required.
OccupationsDetailed Description

General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Telephone Operators

Telephone Operators occupations usually require a high school diploma. 83.61% of Telephone Operators have High School Diploma (or the equivalent) and 0.77% of Telephone Operators have Post-Secondary Certificate. You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Telephone Operators tasks, skills, and ability page.
The following graph shows the percentage of earned degrees held by Telephone Operators occupational group.
Less than a High School Diploma
15.61%
High School Diploma (or the equivalent)
83.61%
Post-Secondary Certificate
0.77%
Some College Courses
0.00%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
0.00%
Bachelor's Degree and Above
0.01%