Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Computer Operators
Computer Operators monitor and control electronic computer and peripheral electronic data processing equipment to process business, scientific, engineering, and other data according to operating instructions. Monitor and respond to operating and error messages. May enter commands at a computer terminal and set controls on computer and peripheral devices.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Computer Operators with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $25,170 to $30,560 per year or $12 to $15 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Computer Operators to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $31 | $65,020 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $24 | $50,760 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $19 | $38,720 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $15 | $30,560 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $12 | $25,170 |
Highest paying states
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Another simple way to increase your salary as a Computer Operator is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like #N/A doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at #N/A might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Computer Operators are in the states of #N/A, #N/A, #N/A, #N/A and #N/A.
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