Office and Administrative Support Occupations in California, 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 California. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in California
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 1,953,440 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 108.177 |
| Location quotient | 0.92 |
| Mean annual wage | $57,810 |
| Median annual wage | $52,100 |
| Mean hourly wage | $27.8 |
| Median hourly wage | $25.05 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $37,510 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $43,750 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $65,520 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $81,310 |
Detailed occupations in this group in California
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in California, 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 California.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 306,000 | $47,920 | $51,160 | $35,600 | $71,490 | $23.04 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 183,350 | $47,790 | $53,090 | $37,340 | $75,160 | $22.98 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 169,670 | $53,190 | $56,120 | $38,360 | $76,110 | $25.57 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 164,320 | $75,090 | $78,860 | $49,020 | $112,140 | $36.1 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 154,980 | $57,470 | $59,680 | $40,020 | $80,730 | $27.63 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 116,890 | $52,720 | $54,420 | $38,070 | $73,990 | $25.34 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 108,950 | $44,120 | $46,590 | $36,170 | $61,770 | $21.21 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 80,400 | $43,360 | $44,980 | $35,100 | $58,440 | $20.85 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 63,250 | $84,790 | $90,890 | $58,920 | $128,770 | $40.76 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 53,600 | $61,320 | $65,830 | $42,880 | $96,600 | $29.48 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 42,110 | $54,240 | $56,420 | $40,230 | $75,730 | $26.08 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 33,150 | $58,390 | $60,700 | $41,250 | $75,300 | $28.07 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 29,950 | $61,680 | $62,880 | $45,860 | $78,470 | $29.65 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 28,730 | $52,950 | $57,830 | $36,950 | $83,200 | $25.46 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 27,500 | $39,200 | $42,280 | $35,370 | $52,530 | $18.85 |
| Tellers | 25,440 | $45,920 | $46,340 | $37,110 | $56,510 | $22.08 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 25,360 | $54,120 | $57,070 | $38,920 | $77,310 | $26.02 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 24,580 | $50,040 | $55,550 | $38,480 | $78,160 | $24.06 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 24,430 | $51,720 | $54,920 | $36,530 | $75,070 | $24.86 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 23,960 | $61,320 | $78,700 | $41,530 | $106,130 | $29.48 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 23,180 | $61,670 | $64,010 | $35,600 | $88,140 | $29.65 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 20,630 | $57,020 | $58,640 | $40,120 | $78,680 | $27.41 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 15,100 | $57,070 | $58,630 | $37,380 | $84,530 | $27.44 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 14,940 | $56,100 | $59,500 | $37,890 | $80,840 | $26.97 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 14,060 | $57,790 | $57,870 | $39,380 | $76,270 | $27.78 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 14,040 | $45,680 | $47,210 | $36,270 | $60,080 | $21.96 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 14,010 | $46,540 | $48,190 | $38,020 | $62,270 | $22.38 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 13,630 | $62,390 | $66,140 | $46,690 | $83,760 | $29.99 |
| Order Clerks | 13,240 | $46,620 | $49,240 | $37,270 | $64,340 | $22.41 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 11,790 | $56,860 | $58,360 | $43,040 | $77,210 | $27.34 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 11,330 | $57,490 | $59,800 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 10,420 | $47,030 | $50,460 | $36,070 | $70,110 | $22.61 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 9,780 | $51,100 | $51,520 | $39,580 | $58,170 | $24.57 |
| File Clerks | 9,740 | $46,920 | $49,950 | $35,640 | $70,060 | $22.56 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 9,120 | $46,080 | $48,080 | $36,190 | $58,470 | $22.16 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 8,970 | $44,600 | $45,220 | $35,530 | $57,020 | $21.44 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 8,510 | $78,210 | $80,010 | $48,380 | $108,760 | $37.6 |
| Procurement Clerks | 7,290 | $53,700 | $56,050 | $40,240 | $72,930 | $25.82 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 7,170 | $49,460 | $54,710 | $36,290 | $79,730 | $23.78 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 6,890 | $63,670 | $63,420 | $52,310 | $75,380 | $30.61 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 6,000 | $77,460 | $73,140 | $47,960 | $84,290 | $37.24 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 4,880 | $42,860 | $46,650 | $35,600 | $63,730 | $20.61 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 2,960 | $58,840 | $61,960 | $42,990 | $84,380 | $28.29 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 2,780 | $45,070 | $47,760 | $35,660 | $64,730 | $21.67 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 1,510 | $39,100 | $42,160 | $34,600 | $57,220 | $18.8 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 1,170 | $54,390 | $56,160 | $44,720 | $69,180 | $26.15 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 1,010 | $50,370 | $52,790 | $33,300 | $73,200 | $24.22 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 890 | $78,970 | $78,570 | $50,860 | $99,840 | $37.97 |
| Desktop Publishers | 460 | $63,620 | $72,840 | $38,320 | $110,290 | $30.59 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 340 | $53,060 | $58,060 | $35,990 | $85,530 | $25.51 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 340 | $63,820 | $63,720 | $35,850 | $90,940 | $30.68 |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 230 | $88,080 | $82,370 | $46,440 | $104,630 | $42.35 |
| Statistical Assistants | 220 | $78,040 | $75,430 | $51,130 | $102,650 | $37.52 |
| Telephone Operators | 190 | $56,770 | $57,410 | $41,490 | $72,640 | $27.29 |
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=06&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 06 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 06 / 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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