The receptionist math
Every call, day and night, for about half of one hire.
A receptionist in the Cincinnati area earns a median $35,250 a year (BLS, May 2025), about $47,600 to $51,300 once payroll taxes and benefits are in, and covers about 1,872 of the year's 8,760 hours. Core answers every call, day and night, for $22,200 a year: less than half the cost of that one hire.
Core is the plan that answers every call, day and night, at the first ring.
Core also has a one-time setup of $2,500 and a 6-month minimum. It includes 2,000 minutes of calls a month, and extra minutes cost $0.80 each.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Cincinnati OH-KY-IN, SOC 43-4171 (data.bls.gov/oes, median $35,250). The loaded range is our arithmetic from BLS ECEC June 2026: wages are 74.1% of employer cost at establishments with 1 to 49 workers and 68.7% for office and administrative support. The 1,872 hours are 2,080 less BLS's average 11 vacation, 8 holiday and 7 sick days.
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