Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Columbia, SC

42 occupations · 2024 BLS OEWS data

Office and administrative support occupations include secretaries, clerks, receptionists, and other workers who perform clerical and administrative tasks that keep organizations running. The table below shows 2024 wage data for these occupations as reported in Columbia, SC.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	—	—	350
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$64,380	$68,950	4,710
Postal Service Clerks	$61,370	$63,050	130
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$56,580	$58,500	1,230
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$55,410	$56,440	510
Brokerage Clerks	$55,070	$55,630	40
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$54,080	$59,000	820
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$52,210	$57,370	990
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$50,480	$51,850	250
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$50,110	$56,520	250
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$49,820	$49,680	630
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$49,000	$49,740	300
Procurement Clerks	$49,000	$50,030	300
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$48,020	$52,220	60
Cargo and Freight Agents	$47,900	$53,550	90
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$46,260	$47,350	230
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$45,760	$50,000	450
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$45,130	$46,440	3,700
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$44,120	$45,990	330
Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,010	$44,030	1,050
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$42,490	$42,840	6,100
Order Clerks	$41,830	$43,070	90
Meter Readers, Utilities	$40,450	$45,950	50
File Clerks	$39,950	$42,120	310
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$39,890	$45,800	1,750
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$39,740	$41,760	180
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$39,330	$41,620	430
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$38,970	$40,900	1,530
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$38,790	$40,970	2,310
Tellers	$38,620	$40,250	980
Bill and Account Collectors	$38,340	$41,740	860
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$37,710	$38,650	90
Customer Service Representatives	$37,670	$40,170	9,850
Office Clerks, General	$37,610	$39,670	8,200
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$36,490	$40,200	130
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$35,700	$37,730	140
Data Entry Keyers	$35,270	$35,790	410
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$34,610	$34,510	1,770
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$33,640	$33,750	50
Library Assistants, Clerical	$32,240	$33,650	210
Couriers and Messengers	$30,140	$31,620	200
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$28,330	$29,070	600