Office and Administrative Support Occupations in District of Columbia

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 District of Columbia.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Bill and Account Collectors	—	—	190
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	—	—	140
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$101,170	$95,280	2,040
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$85,520	$88,820	4,640
Brokerage Clerks	$85,480	$76,410	—
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$82,280	$89,500	3,910
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$77,730	$79,130	120
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$75,050	$74,450	640
Billing and Posting Clerks	$74,560	$79,330	550
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$72,950	$70,520	340
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$69,210	$72,140	350
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$67,830	$62,300	460
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$67,100	$68,450	1,330
Postal Service Clerks	$65,770	$64,520	130
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$63,920	$63,020	70
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$63,740	$70,490	290
Procurement Clerks	$63,610	$65,170	260
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$62,470	$65,640	1,870
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$60,960	$61,880	760
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$58,390	$59,310	1,020
File Clerks	$57,560	$57,360	180
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$57,510	$65,760	140
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$56,710	$60,160	60
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$55,800	$57,920	12,130
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$55,140	$57,210	200
Office Clerks, General	$53,110	$57,980	6,340
Library Assistants, Clerical	$52,890	$54,980	100
Data Entry Keyers	$51,860	$57,560	320
Customer Service Representatives	$49,210	$54,520	7,020
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$48,270	$55,150	830
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$48,230	$51,770	380
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,980	$54,120	710
Order Clerks	$47,930	$51,240	120
Telephone Operators	$47,890	$47,160	—
Word Processors and Typists	$47,570	$53,880	120
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$47,240	$51,990	1,610
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$44,650	$47,410	250
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$44,640	$45,660	1,330
Tellers	$44,380	$45,360	520
Couriers and Messengers	$44,010	$45,900	—
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$43,900	$46,650	2,390
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$40,330	$53,840	—