Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Arizona, 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 Arizona. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Arizona
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 413,920 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 129.483 |
| Location quotient | 1.1 |
| Mean annual wage | $49,490 |
| Median annual wage | $46,210 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.79 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.22 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $34,520 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $38,250 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $56,200 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $69,220 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Arizona
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Arizona, 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 Arizona.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 89,030 | $43,440 | $45,810 | $33,550 | $61,720 | $20.88 |
| Office Clerks, General | 53,120 | $46,290 | $48,940 | $32,930 | $66,840 | $22.25 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 31,750 | $63,030 | $66,860 | $44,560 | $92,740 | $30.3 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 31,620 | $46,020 | $48,210 | $34,790 | $64,340 | $22.13 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 25,160 | $38,150 | $39,420 | $31,320 | $47,840 | $18.34 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 24,260 | $49,030 | $51,930 | $36,740 | $67,830 | $23.57 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 18,100 | $42,740 | $44,430 | $34,850 | $58,620 | $20.55 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 16,650 | $46,510 | $47,670 | $37,440 | $60,450 | $22.36 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 10,900 | $56,270 | $59,860 | $39,310 | $84,960 | $27.05 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 10,330 | $47,200 | $47,880 | $37,890 | $59,460 | $22.69 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 8,240 | $49,270 | $49,490 | $39,510 | $59,340 | $23.69 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 6,640 | $67,930 | $73,000 | $46,940 | $101,540 | $32.66 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 6,360 | $45,950 | $48,200 | $37,660 | $60,220 | $22.09 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 5,910 | $35,570 | $35,630 | $30,570 | $41,150 | $17.1 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 5,470 | $58,570 | $60,690 | $41,250 | $78,980 | $28.16 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 5,340 | $46,710 | $49,650 | $35,460 | $65,030 | $22.46 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 5,340 | $48,910 | $52,120 | $36,700 | $69,700 | $23.51 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 4,940 | $45,590 | $48,510 | $34,030 | $64,460 | $21.92 |
| Tellers | 4,260 | $43,830 | $43,330 | $36,510 | $48,530 | $21.07 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 4,070 | $47,510 | $47,580 | $29,850 | $64,710 | $22.84 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 3,840 | $41,690 | $44,830 | $38,720 | $56,700 | $20.05 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 3,750 | $42,800 | $44,070 | $32,150 | $54,790 | $20.58 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 3,670 | $50,600 | $53,660 | $38,760 | $71,170 | $24.33 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 3,520 | $47,110 | $50,250 | $38,770 | $61,570 | $22.65 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 3,320 | $47,990 | $52,000 | $36,280 | $79,310 | $23.07 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 3,050 | $42,640 | $47,510 | $36,380 | $65,240 | $20.5 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 3,020 | $41,320 | $48,390 | $35,350 | $73,810 | $19.87 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,610 | $41,280 | $42,550 | $34,630 | $50,560 | $19.84 |
| File Clerks | 2,110 | $41,390 | $44,160 | $33,600 | $56,630 | $19.9 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,940 | $56,450 | $57,280 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.14 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,650 | $37,040 | $39,200 | $31,610 | $46,900 | $17.81 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,630 | $54,270 | $56,470 | $41,080 | $77,180 | $26.09 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,560 | $48,720 | $49,470 | $35,270 | $66,310 | $23.42 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,230 | $61,630 | $61,710 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.63 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 1,140 | $63,470 | $62,940 | $51,580 | $77,420 | $30.52 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,140 | $46,820 | $50,850 | $38,240 | $66,500 | $22.51 |
| Order Clerks | 1,020 | $46,210 | $46,970 | $37,440 | $59,150 | $22.21 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,010 | $37,220 | $37,250 | $29,850 | $44,620 | $17.89 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 910 | $35,560 | $37,420 | $31,800 | $45,640 | $17.1 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 690 | $61,110 | $63,220 | $51,350 | $77,410 | $29.38 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 640 | $46,000 | $45,590 | $38,980 | $53,750 | $22.11 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 560 | $39,030 | $39,820 | $35,730 | $45,690 | $18.76 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 530 | $47,980 | $58,120 | $37,070 | $86,480 | $23.07 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 460 | $43,870 | $44,340 | $37,240 | $49,460 | $21.09 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 230 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Statistical Assistants | 160 | $55,000 | $53,290 | $46,200 | $59,130 | $26.44 |
| Desktop Publishers | 80 | $54,310 | $58,520 | $45,310 | $81,810 | $26.11 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 70 | $48,210 | $51,570 | $37,440 | $67,860 | $23.18 |
| Correspondence Clerks | ** | $38,740 | $43,720 | $32,870 | $57,940 | $18.63 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | ** | $30,940 | $34,410 | $30,930 | $46,590 | $14.87 |
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=04&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 04 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 04 / 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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