Office and Administrative Support Occupations in New York

53 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 New York.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$80,490	$86,000	88,830
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$77,230	$82,030	82,420
Brokerage Clerks	$75,990	$84,030	5,640
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$74,400	$71,310	15,430
Meter Readers, Utilities	$69,050	$73,340	870
Desktop Publishers	$65,740	$72,780	490
Statistical Assistants	$64,190	$66,530	490
Postal Service Clerks	$61,630	$61,870	5,480
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$60,600	$62,690	9,040
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$59,800	$62,910	40,520
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$59,440	$61,070	5,620
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$58,390	$60,250	21,000
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$57,620	$59,250	7,480
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$57,490	$59,030	9,170
Cargo and Freight Agents	$57,230	$62,040	5,930
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$56,300	$58,440	4,650
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$55,880	$57,950	93,920
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$54,380	$60,830	1,230
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$54,230	$60,640	11,580
Telephone Operators	$53,510	$57,670	350
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$53,250	$55,270	7,470
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$52,090	$56,480	680
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$51,990	$52,840	11,570
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$51,940	$59,690	11,510
Procurement Clerks	$51,910	$52,970	2,870
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$51,810	$56,740	9,930
Billing and Posting Clerks	$51,620	$56,470	31,720
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$50,210	$51,510	3,270
Financial Clerks, All Other	$49,840	$54,230	2,040
New Accounts Clerks	$49,260	$52,690	4,480
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$49,200	$51,190	127,620
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$48,090	$49,390	34,170
Customer Service Representatives	$47,840	$52,610	145,100
Bill and Account Collectors	$47,710	$52,560	8,740
Correspondence Clerks	$47,660	$51,190	600
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$47,600	$49,580	2,090
Word Processors and Typists	$47,320	$50,810	12,870
Order Clerks	$47,010	$48,560	3,610
Gambling Cage Workers	$46,530	$45,040	360
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$45,850	$48,400	32,070
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$45,030	$49,450	2,070
Office Clerks, General	$44,620	$47,700	133,060
Tellers	$44,040	$43,810	17,420
File Clerks	$43,060	$45,200	4,450
Data Entry Keyers	$42,990	$45,770	9,890
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$41,570	$43,430	76,590
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$41,530	$43,560	5,660
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$41,460	$46,810	6,300
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$40,880	$44,960	2,480
Couriers and Messengers	$39,780	$44,310	7,530
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$38,870	$46,910	10,150
Library Assistants, Clerical	$36,180	$39,670	6,810
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$31,650	$36,430	—