Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Virginia

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 Virginia.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Desktop Publishers	—	—	70
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$77,640	$78,720	9,600
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$65,670	$71,010	34,570
Postal Service Clerks	$61,110	$60,700	2,190
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$60,440	$60,970	8,300
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$58,390	$60,910	8,110
Brokerage Clerks	$57,560	$59,440	1,100
Financial Clerks, All Other	$56,590	$57,090	990
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$56,450	$57,460	2,660
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$55,240	$55,070	2,850
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$53,870	$58,330	460
Procurement Clerks	$52,310	$52,360	960
Statistical Assistants	$52,000	$54,540	40
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$51,100	$50,070	1,630
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$51,010	$56,390	2,800
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$50,930	$53,550	3,830
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$50,910	$54,270	5,050
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$50,800	$56,130	5,350
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$50,690	$50,590	4,300
Cargo and Freight Agents	$50,560	$55,810	1,320
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$50,480	$52,140	2,240
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$48,680	$50,970	35,730
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$48,450	$51,540	2,930
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$47,430	$49,910	170
Billing and Posting Clerks	$47,400	$49,970	8,100
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$46,890	$51,140	5,400
Correspondence Clerks	$46,740	$45,800	—
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$46,710	$49,530	4,890
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$46,440	$52,690	2,830
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$46,100	$48,050	35,140
Meter Readers, Utilities	$45,370	$49,090	430
Office Clerks, General	$45,130	$47,510	62,540
Bill and Account Collectors	$44,710	$46,060	3,760
New Accounts Clerks	$44,410	$45,470	430
File Clerks	$44,290	$45,300	1,420
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$44,260	$44,810	20,860
Tellers	$43,340	$42,380	7,940
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$42,620	$45,940	4,440
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$42,080	$44,540	19,550
Order Clerks	$41,090	$43,870	1,500
Customer Service Representatives	$39,210	$43,560	62,280
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$39,070	$40,040	2,850
Word Processors and Typists	$39,020	$40,870	360
Couriers and Messengers	$38,380	$41,570	2,760
Data Entry Keyers	$38,130	$41,430	3,000
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$37,260	$43,540	660
Library Assistants, Clerical	$37,120	$38,610	2,160
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$36,170	$37,050	24,920
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$35,540	$35,480	—
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$34,260	$37,270	1,550
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$30,770	$32,310	7,030