Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Connecticut, 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 Connecticut. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Connecticut
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 199,360 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 118.524 |
| Location quotient | 1 |
| Mean annual wage | $56,950 |
| Median annual wage | $51,420 |
| Mean hourly wage | $27.38 |
| Median hourly wage | $24.72 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $36,120 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $42,640 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $65,490 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $82,320 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Connecticut
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Connecticut, 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 Connecticut.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 28,140 | $47,260 | $50,560 | $35,280 | $71,190 | $22.72 |
| Office Clerks, General | 25,750 | $46,490 | $49,150 | $34,150 | $65,980 | $22.35 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 25,280 | $76,000 | $78,570 | $50,120 | $111,590 | $36.54 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 22,690 | $55,690 | $57,860 | $39,450 | $78,910 | $26.77 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 14,820 | $57,290 | $58,600 | $42,050 | $77,450 | $27.54 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 14,510 | $39,110 | $42,110 | $32,870 | $55,160 | $18.8 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 7,610 | $44,770 | $46,590 | $35,600 | $61,040 | $21.52 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 6,660 | $80,510 | $85,970 | $58,700 | $119,790 | $38.71 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 5,010 | $48,720 | $51,090 | $39,310 | $63,990 | $23.42 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 4,670 | $57,470 | $59,620 | $41,250 | $75,300 | $27.63 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 4,170 | $61,400 | $67,560 | $44,890 | $99,790 | $29.52 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 3,890 | $50,950 | $56,090 | $40,610 | $77,390 | $24.5 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 3,470 | $40,320 | $44,370 | $32,640 | $61,320 | $19.39 |
| Tellers | 3,400 | $46,310 | $46,330 | $36,750 | $56,860 | $22.26 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,290 | $56,950 | $59,340 | $46,990 | $79,090 | $27.38 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 2,010 | $51,940 | $56,940 | $37,380 | $82,220 | $24.97 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,790 | $36,900 | $41,130 | $32,640 | $53,750 | $17.74 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,700 | $63,210 | $63,280 | $48,330 | $78,870 | $30.39 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,570 | $36,150 | $37,550 | $33,800 | $43,330 | $17.38 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 1,540 | $60,720 | $62,970 | $46,020 | $83,300 | $29.19 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 1,420 | $64,010 | $63,310 | $48,550 | $78,290 | $30.77 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,390 | $60,610 | $59,110 | $43,500 | $77,270 | $29.14 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 1,300 | $48,250 | $51,110 | $39,770 | $62,570 | $23.2 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 1,170 | $57,680 | $56,850 | $39,930 | $72,860 | $27.73 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,160 | $57,490 | $59,960 | $42,600 | $74,150 | $27.64 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,140 | $61,440 | $67,520 | $47,880 | $96,020 | $29.54 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 1,050 | $54,200 | $55,380 | $33,380 | $74,940 | $26.06 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 960 | $60,590 | $61,930 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $29.13 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 890 | $46,020 | $47,480 | $36,290 | $61,980 | $22.13 |
| Order Clerks | 840 | $42,860 | $47,130 | $37,000 | $62,300 | $20.61 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 820 | $42,370 | $44,610 | $35,370 | $53,820 | $20.37 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 790 | $51,310 | $54,670 | $40,910 | $73,100 | $24.67 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 770 | $44,120 | $46,800 | $32,640 | $62,460 | $21.21 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 520 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 480 | $40,540 | $45,410 | $33,860 | $68,830 | $19.49 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 440 | * | * | * | * | * |
| File Clerks | 420 | $42,090 | $43,760 | $32,640 | $59,650 | $20.24 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 390 | $51,220 | $55,240 | $42,380 | $68,870 | $24.63 |
| Procurement Clerks | 390 | $55,000 | $56,070 | $41,620 | $73,640 | $26.44 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 370 | $36,560 | $40,500 | $33,170 | $52,690 | $17.58 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 290 | $47,290 | $52,310 | $36,220 | $79,460 | $22.74 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 280 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Brokerage Clerks | 260 | $74,680 | $74,400 | $61,410 | $99,060 | $35.9 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 190 | $43,700 | $45,850 | $36,700 | $58,080 | $21.01 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 170 | $47,520 | $50,380 | $34,420 | $68,880 | $22.85 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 110 | $58,710 | $61,310 | $38,240 | $89,130 | $28.23 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 40 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Telephone Operators | 30 | $40,620 | $44,380 | $38,010 | $61,260 | $19.53 |
| Correspondence Clerks | ** | $55,580 | $56,260 | $42,640 | $62,680 | $26.72 |
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=09&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 09 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 09 / 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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