Telephone Operators

Imminent Risk
93%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
100%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
85%
(Imminent Risk)
Average: 93%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-26.4%
by year 2033
WAGES
$38,080
or $18.31 per hour
Volume
4,600
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
0.7/10

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Calculated automation risk

100% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

User poll

85% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's very probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 100% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Telephone Operators will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

The following graph is included wherever there is a substantial amount of votes to render meaningful data. These visual representations display user poll results over time, providing a significant indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Telephone Operators' job openings is expected to decline 26.4% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Telephone Operators' was $38,080, or $18 per hour

'Telephone Operators' were paid 20.8% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 4,600 people employed as 'Telephone Operators' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 33 thousand people are employed as 'Telephone Operators'.

Job description

Provide information by accessing alphabetical, geographical, or other directories. Assist customers with special billing requests, such as charges to a third party and credits or refunds for incorrectly dialed numbers or bad connections. May handle emergency calls and assist children or people with physical disabilities to make telephone calls.

SOC Code: 43-2021.00

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Comments

Amm Do (Highly likely) 1 year ago
Chat bots will soon be able to resolve complex tasks on the phone and have complex conversations with customers. The job will change significantly to s manager only role or will end entire.
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Alvin(Data Scientist) (Highly likely) 3 years ago
Already has been. Companies are just having to ween the tech in slowly so it doesn’t disrupt too many people's lives. But the average data scientist is able to whip up something useable for most customer service calling situations.
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Harrison McDonald (Highly likely) 3 years ago
Already pretty much happened
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manu martinez (Highly likely) 4 years ago
because technology is evolving to rapid that is taking the world by storm in everything
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Sarah (Highly likely) 5 years ago
Telephone operator as an occupation will soon be gone because that job has been declining so quickly we can not imagine.
0 0 Reply
seojin (Highly likely) 5 years ago
no creativity, no collaboration, no critical thinking, repeatition and uncomplicated. that's why.
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