Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

48 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 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	—	—	410
Correspondence Clerks	—	—	60
Statistical Assistants	$82,000	$79,730	100
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$67,540	$70,590	3,120
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$64,820	$57,580	1,230
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$64,350	$67,130	1,620
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$63,860	$62,930	420
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$62,500	$62,510	660
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$60,740	$61,460	820
Postal Service Clerks	$60,030	$59,280	180
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$57,800	$61,710	650
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$55,990	$54,120	250
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$55,760	$59,550	310
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$55,100	$54,340	260
Brokerage Clerks	$52,900	$57,940	120
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$51,470	$54,630	960
Financial Clerks, All Other	$50,270	$51,160	50
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$49,500	$51,260	3,780
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$49,200	$53,850	390
Procurement Clerks	$49,150	$49,870	160
Bill and Account Collectors	$48,680	$50,660	380
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$48,340	$49,430	1,030
Customer Service Representatives	$48,240	$49,950	11,210
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$48,010	$48,750	380
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$47,880	$52,470	40
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$47,460	$50,420	80
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,340	$46,630	1,680
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$46,820	$58,770	30
File Clerks	$46,700	$44,910	90
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$46,440	$47,540	2,800
Billing and Posting Clerks	$45,920	$48,380	1,000
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$45,910	$47,430	150
Word Processors and Typists	$45,410	$46,670	90
New Accounts Clerks	$44,720	$45,230	200
Office Clerks, General	$44,350	$45,000	6,530
Cargo and Freight Agents	$42,980	$48,210	440
Data Entry Keyers	$42,190	$43,830	270
Tellers	$42,130	$42,040	1,100
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$40,450	$42,920	2,120
Couriers and Messengers	$39,990	$38,480	260
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$39,850	$40,450	340
Order Clerks	$39,780	$42,340	210
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$38,680	$39,670	60
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$38,540	$40,630	540
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$37,100	$39,810	130
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$36,640	$37,340	1,410
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$30,650	$32,400	790
Library Assistants, Clerical	$30,220	$32,460	250