Office and Administrative Support Occupations

56 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.

Top Metro Areas for Office and Administrative Support Occupations

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

$54,987

avg median

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

$55,545

avg median

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

$47,919

avg median

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

$51,427

avg median

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

$45,776

avg median

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

$46,496

avg median

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

$49,795

avg median

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

$46,788

avg median

Occupation	SOC Code	Median Annual	Employed Nationwide
Bill and Account Collectors	43-3011	$46,040	165,020
Billing and Posting Clerks	43-3021	$47,170	417,500
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43-3031	$49,210	1,455,770
Brokerage Clerks	43-4011	$62,940	40,090
Cargo and Freight Agents	43-5011	$49,900	97,800
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other	43-2099	$49,910	1,390
Computer Operators	43-9011	—	—
Correspondence Clerks	43-4021	$46,740	6,260
Couriers and Messengers	43-5021	$38,340	71,920
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	43-4031	$47,700	170,010
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	43-4041	$49,130	11,960
Customer Service Representatives	43-4051	$42,830	2,725,930
Data Entry Keyers	43-9021	$39,850	135,280
Desktop Publishers	43-9031	$53,620	4,000
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	43-5032	$48,880	211,000
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	43-4061	$51,500	156,260
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	43-6011	$74,260	472,770
File Clerks	43-4071	$41,270	78,980
Financial Clerks, All Other	43-3099	$52,150	37,030
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	43-1011	$66,140	1,495,580
Gambling Cage Workers	43-3041	$36,990	13,490
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	43-4081	$34,270	261,430
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	43-4161	$49,440	92,580
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	43-4199	$48,360	143,910
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	43-9041	$48,450	229,070
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	43-4111	$43,830	157,310
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	43-6012	$54,140	154,540
Library Assistants, Clerical	43-4121	$36,010	80,070
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	43-4131	$48,950	173,100
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	43-9051	$38,150	62,730
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	43-6013	$44,640	830,760
Meter Readers, Utilities	43-5041	$49,180	19,620
New Accounts Clerks	43-4141	$46,610	38,030
Office Clerks, General	43-9061	$43,630	2,510,550
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	43-9071	$39,020	24,740
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	43-9199	$46,040	195,890
Order Clerks	43-4151	$44,660	83,420
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	43-3051	$55,290	156,950
Postal Service Clerks	43-5051	$61,630	78,060
Postal Service Mail Carriers	43-5052	$57,490	336,040
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	43-5053	$56,530	111,930
Procurement Clerks	43-3061	$48,510	59,900
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	43-5061	$57,770	385,000
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	43-9081	$49,210	5,160
Public Safety Telecommunicators	43-5031	$50,730	101,140
Receptionists and Information Clerks	43-4171	$37,230	964,530
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	43-4181	$41,460	127,440
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	43-6014	$46,290	1,737,820
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	43-5071	$43,190	857,630
Statistical Assistants	43-9111	$51,440	5,900
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	43-5081	—	—
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	43-2011	$38,370	35,730
Telephone Operators	43-2021	$39,130	3,950
Tellers	43-3071	$39,340	339,340
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	43-5111	$45,650	49,720
Word Processors and Typists	43-9022	$47,850	36,030