Office and Administrative Support Occupations

SOC major group 43-0000: 54 detailed occupations, 54 with a published national median (May 2025). The group employs 17,753,430 people nationally.

The group as a whole

Office and Administrative Support Occupations: national wage percentiles, May 2025
AreaBasisPercentile wageMeanEmployment
10th25thMedian75th90th
United StatesHourly$16.12$18.53$22.81$28.88$36.62$24.7917,753,430
Annual$33,530$38,540$47,450$60,060$76,170$51,560

Every occupation in the group, by median annual wage

OccupationSOCMedian hourlyMedian annualMean annualEmployment
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants43-6011$36.82$76,590$79,140459,910
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers43-1011$33.41$69,500$73,4901,436,680
Brokerage Clerks43-4011$31.61$65,750$72,85035,940
Postal Service Clerks43-5051$29.87$62,130$61,86073,720
Postal Service Mail Carriers43-5052$29.11$60,550$62,540328,820
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks43-5061$28.68$59,650$62,150390,160
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators43-5053$28.11$58,470$59,430105,200
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks43-3051$28.01$58,260$59,630153,140
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants43-6012$26.72$55,570$60,620156,280
Desktop Publishers43-9031$26.58$55,290$61,9703,350
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other43-2099$26.29$54,680$62,1301,200
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs43-4061$26.06$54,210$56,090154,800
Financial Clerks, All Other43-3099$25.88$53,830$56,45036,260
Public Safety Telecommunicators43-5031$25.50$53,040$56,740102,500
Cargo and Freight Agents43-5011$25.13$52,260$57,23097,670
Proofreaders and Copy Markers43-9081$24.58$51,120$54,8004,580
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks43-3031$24.36$50,670$53,5601,373,680
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping43-4161$24.33$50,610$52,25090,220
Procurement Clerks43-3061$24.32$50,580$52,37055,810
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance43-5032$24.20$50,340$54,740202,810
Statistical Assistants43-9111$24.20$50,330$55,6504,710
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks43-4041$24.08$50,080$51,42012,030
Loan Interviewers and Clerks43-4131$24.05$50,020$52,520164,790
Information and Record Clerks, All Other43-4199$23.80$49,500$51,490134,920
Word Processors and Typists43-9022$23.69$49,280$51,12035,010
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks43-9041$23.67$49,230$52,920214,260
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks43-4031$23.41$48,700$52,320179,750
Billing and Posting Clerks43-3021$23.32$48,500$51,070404,060
Meter Readers, Utilities43-5041$23.15$48,150$55,38019,430
New Accounts Clerks43-4141$22.92$47,670$49,37036,860
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive43-6014$22.86$47,540$49,3501,706,790
Bill and Account Collectors43-3011$22.61$47,030$49,060158,830
Correspondence Clerks43-4021$22.50$46,800$48,0904,290
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping43-5111$22.30$46,380$47,63053,300
Order Clerks43-4151$22.20$46,170$48,22075,200
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants43-6013$22.08$45,930$46,800961,610
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan43-4111$22.08$45,920$47,240148,060
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other43-9199$21.96$45,670$48,670192,260
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks43-5071$21.76$45,260$46,810816,870
Office Clerks, General43-9061$21.64$45,010$46,4202,464,940
Customer Service Representatives43-4051$21.53$44,770$46,5902,595,750
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks43-4181$21.34$44,390$49,630118,710
File Clerks43-4071$20.96$43,600$45,59073,440
Tellers43-3071$20.69$43,030$42,350329,480
Telephone Operators43-2021$20.07$41,740$44,9703,430
Data Entry Keyers43-9021$19.88$41,340$43,310127,080
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer43-9071$19.69$40,960$43,22025,130
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service43-9051$18.89$39,280$41,65055,230
Couriers and Messengers43-5021$18.85$39,200$40,97068,640
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service43-2011$18.57$38,630$42,30034,280
Receptionists and Information Clerks43-4171$18.27$38,010$39,460910,180
Gambling Cage Workers43-3041$18.07$37,580$39,51014,430
Library Assistants, Clerical43-4121$17.74$36,910$39,37085,520
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks43-4081$16.86$35,070$35,550261,420

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: National OEWS estimates.

  • Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
  • Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.