Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Tennessee

51 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 Tennessee.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$65,660	$68,520	5,080
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$64,760	$70,050	51,330
Postal Service Clerks	$63,270	$62,420	1,340
Brokerage Clerks	$61,300	$60,650	420
Financial Clerks, All Other	$59,990	$62,380	320
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$57,030	$60,050	7,370
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$54,370	$55,730	3,040
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$51,580	$51,430	250
Statistical Assistants	$51,150	$52,260	1,010
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$50,140	$51,780	3,240
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other	$49,760	$46,530	90
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$49,660	$53,860	13,060
New Accounts Clerks	$48,580	$49,320	620
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$48,070	$48,820	4,370
Cargo and Freight Agents	$47,950	$48,940	1,660
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$47,100	$45,900	1,310
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$46,740	$46,960	3,290
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,540	$48,150	40,360
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$46,160	$47,970	4,230
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$46,140	$45,510	8,810
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$45,730	$46,630	1,780
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$45,570	$47,150	2,020
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$44,920	$46,060	2,780
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$44,680	$45,180	4,260
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$44,280	$44,630	3,440
Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,600	$44,510	9,950
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$43,370	$44,230	35,410
Bill and Account Collectors	$43,290	$45,170	3,690
Desktop Publishers	$42,940	$47,120	80
File Clerks	$41,970	$43,200	2,750
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$40,400	$42,620	19,070
Customer Service Representatives	$40,130	$42,980	64,880
Data Entry Keyers	$39,670	$40,780	1,860
Correspondence Clerks	$39,370	$39,180	120
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$39,170	$39,360	2,150
Order Clerks	$38,890	$40,670	2,100
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$38,630	$41,060	31,780
Meter Readers, Utilities	$38,450	$44,700	720
Procurement Clerks	$37,580	$42,120	4,090
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$37,380	$49,430	1,070
Office Clerks, General	$37,170	$40,010	52,550
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$36,970	$41,320	4,310
Couriers and Messengers	$36,690	$36,680	2,080
Tellers	$36,400	$37,110	9,310
Word Processors and Typists	$36,190	$37,310	80
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$35,390	$36,550	320
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$34,580	$34,950	990
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$33,970	$34,280	15,360
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$33,280	$32,970	870
Library Assistants, Clerical	$32,740	$32,810	1,320
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$29,200	$30,800	6,400