Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Colorado, 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 Colorado. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Colorado
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 308,520 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 106.711 |
| Location quotient | 0.9 |
| Mean annual wage | $54,390 |
| Median annual wage | $49,520 |
| Mean hourly wage | $26.15 |
| Median hourly wage | $23.81 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $36,660 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $42,520 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $61,770 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $77,260 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Colorado
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Colorado, 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 Colorado.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 45,890 | $46,020 | $48,160 | $35,350 | $63,160 | $22.12 |
| Office Clerks, General | 30,280 | $56,150 | $58,400 | $37,710 | $82,470 | $26.99 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 29,690 | $47,430 | $49,030 | $35,640 | $63,730 | $22.8 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 26,230 | $73,430 | $76,480 | $48,580 | $107,900 | $35.3 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 24,650 | $54,080 | $56,360 | $37,930 | $76,440 | $26 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 15,480 | $45,670 | $47,710 | $34,810 | $63,560 | $21.96 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 13,330 | $51,070 | $55,020 | $39,550 | $73,000 | $24.56 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 12,240 | $45,390 | $45,480 | $37,130 | $57,180 | $21.82 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 11,680 | $40,560 | $41,530 | $31,870 | $50,960 | $19.5 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 10,120 | $64,620 | $69,500 | $48,390 | $96,330 | $31.07 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 7,550 | $63,230 | $65,970 | $45,640 | $85,960 | $30.4 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 7,430 | $49,200 | $52,510 | $40,500 | $65,750 | $23.66 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 7,390 | $50,510 | $51,790 | $35,410 | $66,370 | $24.28 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 5,930 | $48,470 | $49,780 | $40,440 | $58,780 | $23.3 |
| Tellers | 5,820 | $44,370 | $44,920 | $37,230 | $51,240 | $21.33 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 5,200 | $36,370 | $38,440 | $30,810 | $46,820 | $17.48 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 5,180 | $56,330 | $59,750 | $42,390 | $75,300 | $27.08 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 4,220 | $52,600 | $55,640 | $38,230 | $76,420 | $25.29 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 3,310 | $54,320 | $55,500 | $43,990 | $70,780 | $26.12 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 3,220 | $53,120 | $54,820 | $37,580 | $73,500 | $25.54 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 3,220 | $46,420 | $49,310 | $35,820 | $69,910 | $22.32 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 2,660 | $59,130 | $61,820 | $44,790 | $82,570 | $28.43 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 2,080 | $56,530 | $58,440 | $42,600 | $74,150 | $27.18 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 2,040 | $45,560 | $48,040 | $33,820 | $66,540 | $21.91 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 1,980 | $51,030 | $55,490 | $39,980 | $77,540 | $24.54 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,910 | $56,560 | $63,730 | $43,900 | $95,960 | $27.19 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 1,840 | $51,470 | $50,850 | $33,190 | $64,600 | $24.74 |
| Order Clerks | 1,820 | $47,100 | $49,240 | $33,380 | $67,780 | $22.65 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 1,770 | $48,670 | $51,140 | $37,580 | $69,380 | $23.4 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,770 | $52,960 | $54,260 | $38,530 | $70,840 | $25.46 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 1,690 | $55,030 | $56,360 | $44,710 | $75,960 | $26.46 |
| File Clerks | 1,550 | $41,520 | $43,660 | $33,280 | $57,850 | $19.96 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,460 | $62,460 | $63,180 | $45,010 | $81,060 | $30.03 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,270 | $59,760 | $60,520 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.73 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,050 | $51,430 | $55,110 | $46,850 | $70,700 | $24.73 |
| Procurement Clerks | 890 | $53,650 | $53,570 | $38,240 | $68,240 | $25.79 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 690 | $44,610 | $45,170 | $34,510 | $57,120 | $21.45 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 630 | $35,090 | $37,520 | $29,990 | $49,010 | $16.87 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 600 | $43,160 | $44,410 | $33,990 | $56,380 | $20.75 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 540 | $48,320 | $49,020 | $36,060 | $60,760 | $23.23 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 490 | $42,740 | $41,990 | $36,470 | $47,440 | $20.55 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 400 | $41,980 | $43,250 | $31,870 | $59,950 | $20.18 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 390 | $49,080 | $52,080 | $35,210 | $65,970 | $23.59 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 380 | $49,380 | $49,390 | $40,510 | $67,550 | $23.74 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 140 | $60,110 | $65,360 | $38,340 | $92,100 | $28.9 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 110 | $66,210 | $68,500 | $54,850 | $79,650 | $31.83 |
| Desktop Publishers | 80 | $75,490 | $73,810 | $49,660 | $87,560 | $36.29 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 80 | $49,130 | $44,910 | $32,250 | $57,090 | $23.62 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 70 | $53,710 | $53,720 | $38,630 | $57,970 | $25.82 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 70 | $56,700 | $55,900 | $40,230 | $66,540 | $27.26 |
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=08&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 08 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 08 / 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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