Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Alabama, May 2024
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. BLS sorts every occupation into one of 22 major groups; this is the Office and Administrative Support Occupations group in Alabama. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Alabama
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 226,280 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 108.193 |
| Location quotient | 0.92 |
| Mean annual wage | $43,030 |
| Median annual wage | $39,270 |
| Mean hourly wage | $20.69 |
| Median hourly wage | $18.88 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $27,490 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $32,830 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $49,180 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $62,820 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Alabama
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Alabama, sorted by employment. Rows where BLS publishes no employment estimate (**) come last. Click a column heading to sort. A cell that reads “not published annually” or “not published hourly” means BLS publishes that row on the other basis only. A cell showing * or # is BLS’s own footnote symbol, explained below the table. Each row is that occupation’s own BLS record for Alabama.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 42,180 | $40,200 | $41,860 | $28,260 | $57,940 | $19.33 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 33,720 | $37,730 | $39,920 | $29,820 | $51,640 | $18.14 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 20,460 | $59,440 | $62,690 | $39,000 | $88,750 | $28.58 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 18,550 | $42,490 | $42,950 | $27,890 | $58,490 | $20.43 |
| Office Clerks, General | 15,810 | $30,440 | $32,030 | $20,270 | $45,750 | $14.63 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 14,900 | $36,310 | $37,400 | $28,030 | $48,180 | $17.46 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 10,620 | $30,900 | $31,740 | $22,810 | $40,630 | $14.86 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 7,950 | $39,050 | $41,970 | $28,590 | $58,680 | $18.78 |
| Tellers | 6,820 | $36,350 | $36,700 | $29,040 | $45,400 | $17.48 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 5,940 | $55,200 | $59,310 | $42,390 | $84,200 | $26.54 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 4,750 | $38,130 | $40,280 | $30,530 | $53,540 | $18.33 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 3,840 | $28,260 | $27,820 | $21,750 | $34,340 | $13.59 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 3,040 | $68,310 | $70,050 | $46,450 | $96,360 | $32.84 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 2,960 | $56,980 | $58,620 | $36,910 | $80,740 | $27.39 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,940 | $33,020 | $34,310 | $26,300 | $43,040 | $15.88 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 2,570 | $51,720 | $51,780 | $36,910 | $64,640 | $24.86 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 2,570 | $44,690 | $42,930 | $29,710 | $55,510 | $21.48 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,540 | $37,850 | $41,800 | $32,160 | $58,350 | $18.2 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 2,330 | $38,540 | $40,110 | $29,480 | $52,980 | $18.53 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,140 | $38,120 | $40,000 | $27,940 | $53,380 | $18.33 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 2,130 | $40,020 | $43,460 | $30,080 | $64,180 | $19.24 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,920 | $46,390 | $43,620 | $27,230 | $58,390 | $22.31 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 1,630 | $46,130 | $46,590 | $30,230 | $62,840 | $22.18 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 1,510 | $45,470 | $46,580 | $31,090 | $64,260 | $21.86 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,270 | $61,110 | $60,280 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $29.38 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,220 | $55,410 | $57,030 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $26.64 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 1,110 | $33,670 | $35,050 | $28,190 | $44,710 | $16.19 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,020 | $31,870 | $32,730 | $22,460 | $39,780 | $15.32 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 950 | $53,100 | $57,030 | $38,960 | $81,290 | $25.53 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 820 | $31,450 | $32,140 | $26,500 | $37,240 | $15.12 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 800 | $52,670 | $52,520 | $37,210 | $65,750 | $25.32 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 790 | $48,350 | $49,850 | $32,760 | $70,480 | $23.25 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 770 | $39,560 | $42,740 | $30,680 | $59,010 | $19.02 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 750 | $27,300 | $28,550 | $19,970 | $36,930 | $13.13 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 620 | $43,760 | $44,480 | $30,770 | $56,280 | $21.04 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 430 | $47,470 | $50,040 | $32,360 | $76,500 | $22.82 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 420 | $35,700 | $35,910 | $22,440 | $46,430 | $17.16 |
| Procurement Clerks | 320 | $49,920 | $49,670 | $34,250 | $64,310 | $24 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 210 | $60,270 | $70,450 | $48,570 | $107,630 | $28.98 |
| File Clerks | 180 | $36,030 | $39,410 | $26,620 | $55,070 | $17.32 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 180 | $36,460 | $42,550 | $28,690 | $74,630 | $17.53 |
| Order Clerks | 140 | $44,260 | $45,190 | $35,840 | $59,980 | $21.28 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 100 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Word Processors and Typists | 80 | $47,800 | $47,720 | $32,120 | $63,730 | $22.98 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 70 | $40,190 | $40,490 | $26,670 | $50,250 | $19.32 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 60 | $54,580 | $49,630 | $29,110 | $63,420 | $26.24 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | ** | $43,310 | $42,260 | $31,870 | $52,750 | $20.82 |
Symbols (BLS wording, workbook sheet Field Descriptions sheet): ** indicates that an employment estimate is not available · * indicates that a wage estimate is not available · # indicates a wage equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year. A wage shown as a symbol is not zero and not a blank: BLS publishes no number there.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. Record: state_M2024_dl.xlsx!AREA=01&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 01 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 01 / OCC_CODE 43-xxxx. Reference period: May 2024. Fetched October 2026 from https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm24st.zip.
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