Los Angeles County / Public Health / Telephone Operator
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
1 employees hold this title in Public Health. Median total compensation for the role is $82,398, below the department median of $162,589.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Receptionists and Information Clerks — about 35,000 people — is $43,280. Public Health pays a median base salary of $46,627 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 71st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Receptionists and Information Clerks across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Receptionists and Information Clerks — about 910,180 people — is $38,010. Public Health’s median base salary is 23% above that national figure, about the 80th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Health is $82,398, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Telephone Operator is held in 9 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Health, the median of $82,398 ranks #6 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Telephone Operator role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $85,901 ranks #2 of 7. See Telephone Operator across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Telephone Operator roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Telephone Operator/Public Health
At Public Health, Alma Garibay serves as a Telephone Operator. Their 2025 pay totaled $82,398.