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Office & Administrative

Secretaries, clerks, receptionists, data entry

Occupations

63

Avg Salary

$47,509

Highest Paying

$74,260

Total Employed

35,950,030

All Office & Administrative Occupations

OccupationEntry (10%)MedianExperienced (90%)Employed
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants436011$48,300$74,260$107,710472,770
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers431011$43,920$66,140$102,9801,495,580
Brokerage Clerks434011$47,730$62,940$91,65040,090
Postal Service Clerks435051$42,600$61,630$74,05078,060
Postal Service Workers435050$42,390$57,870$75,300526,030
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks435061$38,570$57,770$84,810385,000
Postal Service Mail Carriers435052$42,390$57,490$76,880336,040
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators435053$42,600$56,530$74,050111,930
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks433051$36,670$55,290$78,830156,950
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants436012$35,530$54,140$87,660154,540
Desktop Publishers439031$34,650$53,620$92,8804,000
Financial Clerks, All Other433099$38,770$52,150$75,86037,030
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs434061$37,690$51,500$72,280156,260
Statistical Assistants439111$38,050$51,440$79,4105,900
Public Safety Telecommunicators435031$35,640$50,730$78,110101,140
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other432099$35,980$49,910$89,1101,390
Cargo and Freight Agents435011$37,240$49,900$76,35097,800
Dispatchers435030$34,890$49,500$77,130312,140
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping434161$36,090$49,440$67,14092,580
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks433031$34,600$49,210$72,6601,455,770
Proofreaders and Copy Markers439081$33,530$49,210$78,0405,160
Meter Readers, Utilities435041$33,980$49,180$86,48019,620
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks434041$34,590$49,130$71,73011,960
Loan Interviewers and Clerks434131$36,360$48,950$65,910173,100
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance435032$34,600$48,880$76,130211,000
Procurement Clerks433061$36,810$48,510$65,89059,900
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks439041$36,900$48,450$73,100229,070
Information and Record Clerks, All Other434199$34,170$48,360$68,850143,910
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers435000$35,350$48,090$75,3002,319,860
Word Processors and Typists439022$35,300$47,850$64,37036,030
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks434031$34,860$47,700$72,370170,010
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants436010$33,840$47,460$76,5503,195,900
Financial Clerks433000$34,600$47,370$69,8202,645,000
Billing and Posting Clerks433021$35,760$47,170$64,990417,500
Correspondence Clerks434021$33,530$46,740$62,2006,260
New Accounts Clerks434141$36,980$46,610$60,11038,030
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive436014$31,600$46,290$64,1501,737,820
Bill and Account Collectors433011$33,960$46,040$65,830165,020
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other439199$30,480$46,040$71,840195,890
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping435111$34,580$45,650$60,12049,720
Order Clerks434151$33,530$44,660$61,68083,420
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants436013$35,050$44,640$60,050830,760
Other Office and Administrative Support Workers439000$29,710$44,030$64,2703,209,350
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan434111$31,980$43,830$60,960157,310
Office Clerks, General439061$29,120$43,630$63,8402,510,550
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks435071$32,900$43,190$60,300857,630
Customer Service Representatives434051$30,690$42,830$62,7302,725,930
Information and Record Clerks434000$29,990$41,600$62,1905,311,310
Data Entry and Information Processing Workers439020$31,200$41,480$59,220171,310
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks434181$34,550$41,460$75,050127,440
File Clerks434071$29,620$41,270$61,08078,980
Data Entry Keyers439021$30,100$39,850$56,930135,280
Tellers433071$31,270$39,340$48,270339,340
Telephone Operators432021$31,440$39,130$57,5103,950
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer439071$29,850$39,020$56,34024,740
Communications Equipment Operators432000$29,990$38,600$61,58041,070
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service432011$29,820$38,370$60,94035,730
Couriers and Messengers435021$29,880$38,340$50,59071,920
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service439051$29,460$38,150$52,15062,730
Receptionists and Information Clerks434171$28,280$37,230$48,870964,530
Gambling Cage Workers433041$27,940$36,990$49,35013,490
Library Assistants, Clerical434121$25,090$36,010$52,79080,070
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks434081$26,600$34,270$44,720261,430