Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Arkansas, 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 Arkansas. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Arkansas
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 157,240 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 122 |
| Location quotient | 1.03 |
| Mean annual wage | $42,830 |
| Median annual wage | $38,510 |
| Mean hourly wage | $20.59 |
| Median hourly wage | $18.51 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $28,070 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $32,800 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $48,370 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $61,640 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Arkansas
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Arkansas, 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 Arkansas.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 30,390 | $36,480 | $39,320 | $25,750 | $56,280 | $17.54 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 21,120 | $37,490 | $40,530 | $29,340 | $54,270 | $18.02 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 14,580 | $56,640 | $58,920 | $36,490 | $80,870 | $27.23 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 12,560 | $40,070 | $43,320 | $26,300 | $58,920 | $19.26 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 11,520 | $33,960 | $33,740 | $26,520 | $40,230 | $16.33 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 9,630 | $37,060 | $39,180 | $27,300 | $54,460 | $17.82 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 6,870 | $39,940 | $41,910 | $28,840 | $55,250 | $19.2 |
| Tellers | 4,660 | $34,900 | $34,390 | $28,840 | $39,790 | $16.78 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 4,380 | $37,860 | $40,720 | $30,520 | $53,090 | $18.2 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 3,140 | $37,260 | $38,520 | $30,520 | $47,070 | $17.91 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 3,110 | $56,560 | $60,020 | $42,390 | $81,830 | $27.19 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 2,670 | $27,790 | $29,520 | $24,600 | $34,370 | $13.36 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,360 | $35,910 | $37,120 | $29,980 | $46,550 | $17.26 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 2,100 | $44,600 | $44,520 | $33,870 | $59,960 | $21.44 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 2,100 | $52,600 | $57,600 | $37,890 | $83,570 | $25.29 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,090 | $36,470 | $38,680 | $28,810 | $51,490 | $17.53 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,010 | $40,810 | $44,710 | $36,310 | $59,180 | $19.62 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 2,000 | $52,680 | $57,520 | $39,650 | $81,350 | $25.33 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 1,910 | $47,660 | $49,000 | $31,840 | $63,900 | $22.91 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 1,410 | $45,830 | $50,790 | $31,340 | $80,560 | $22.04 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,340 | $37,140 | $38,230 | $28,580 | $46,450 | $17.85 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 1,080 | $40,040 | $42,440 | $29,860 | $56,020 | $19.25 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,020 | $58,510 | $57,320 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.13 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,000 | $44,840 | $44,190 | $27,100 | $58,820 | $21.56 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 930 | $39,400 | $40,120 | $29,520 | $48,450 | $18.94 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 910 | $44,850 | $44,180 | $30,440 | $59,450 | $21.56 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 880 | $36,510 | $37,130 | $24,340 | $49,440 | $17.55 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 880 | $34,840 | $36,760 | $26,930 | $49,690 | $16.75 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 800 | $40,690 | $42,660 | $30,370 | $51,560 | $19.56 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 650 | $57,490 | $58,750 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 510 | $44,120 | $45,440 | $37,310 | $53,790 | $21.21 |
| Procurement Clerks | 460 | $45,100 | $45,600 | $29,870 | $60,440 | $21.68 |
| Order Clerks | 420 | $40,130 | $39,000 | $27,330 | $46,940 | $19.29 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 390 | $36,840 | $36,900 | $28,610 | $45,550 | $17.71 |
| File Clerks | 360 | $36,870 | $38,270 | $26,300 | $52,980 | $17.73 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 350 | $28,920 | $30,930 | $24,750 | $41,310 | $13.91 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 290 | $35,430 | $34,630 | $25,540 | $41,280 | $17.04 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 290 | $33,680 | $34,670 | $27,960 | $40,710 | $16.19 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 270 | $39,400 | $40,720 | $32,710 | $48,310 | $18.94 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 230 | $35,500 | $42,140 | $27,790 | $67,520 | $17.07 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 200 | $34,830 | $39,500 | $23,370 | $63,720 | $16.75 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 190 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 170 | $36,400 | $37,270 | $28,550 | $44,400 | $17.5 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 160 | $48,430 | $53,100 | $40,260 | $62,500 | $23.29 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 110 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Word Processors and Typists | 30 | $43,510 | $43,500 | $32,220 | $50,110 | $20.92 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | ** | $49,210 | $55,810 | $42,980 | $84,290 | $23.66 |
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=05&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 05 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 05 / 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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