Get a local business phone number in Salem, NY

What area code is Salem, NY?

Salem, in Washington County, New York, had a Census-estimated population of 2,600 in July 2024. NANPA lists 5 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 518 has the most (3, 60%). 518 is part of an overlay with 838, so a new local number in Salem may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Salem is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 518 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Phone carriers in Salem

5 carriers hold the 5 exchanges assigned to Salem's rate center. Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NY has the most, with 1. 5 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Local prefixes for Salem

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Salem's rate center (SALEM). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2012. 2 of the 5 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Salem's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Salem's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

Rate centers and local calling in Salem

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Salem that is SALEM, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Salem.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 518 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Salem

Salem is part of the Glens Falls, NY metro area, home to 125,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 3,229 business establishments in the Glens Falls, NY metro area in 2023, employing 41,076 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (558), accommodation and food services (490), and health care and social assistance (373).

Setting up a Salem business line

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

Porting a number you already use in Salem is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

The comparison below uses 13 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Glens Falls, NY metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $324.35 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $390.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $259.00 a month for 13 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.