Communications Equipment Operators

Demographics

Switchboard operators, including answering service

• Employed persons, 2004

Employed persons: 66,000	Percent of total
	Women	Men	Black	Asian	Hispanic
	86.5%	13.5%	18.2%	2.2%	6.0%

• Full-time wage and salary workers, 2004

  	Employment	Median weekly earnings
  		$	W/M ratio
  Women (emp.) (earn.)	50,000	$459	-
  Men (emp.) (earn.)	4,000	n.a.
  All workers (emp.) (earn.)	55,000	$450

Telephone operators

• Employed persons, 2004

Employed persons: 56,000	Percent of total
	Women	Men	Black	Asian	Hispanic
	81.6%	18.4%	39.8%	1.0%	13.1%

source: Current Population Survey; about this section