Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Delaware, 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 Delaware. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Delaware
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 60,380 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 126.719 |
| Location quotient | 1.07 |
| Mean annual wage | $51,860 |
| Median annual wage | $47,510 |
| Mean hourly wage | $24.93 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.84 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $33,530 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $38,240 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $60,270 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $76,580 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Delaware
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Delaware, 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 Delaware.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 7,360 | $46,300 | $48,600 | $33,530 | $68,030 | $22.26 |
| Office Clerks, General | 6,710 | $41,600 | $43,910 | $30,160 | $58,160 | $20 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 6,480 | $46,710 | $47,400 | $34,250 | $62,460 | $22.46 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 6,010 | $73,020 | $78,150 | $47,400 | $110,900 | $35.1 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 5,190 | $43,190 | $44,810 | $35,410 | $56,750 | $20.77 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 4,980 | $51,590 | $53,490 | $35,810 | $71,240 | $24.81 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 2,430 | $35,820 | $36,520 | $28,280 | $46,740 | $17.22 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 2,360 | $40,440 | $43,660 | $32,130 | $58,420 | $19.44 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 1,330 | $78,480 | $77,100 | $51,640 | $99,380 | $37.73 |
| Tellers | 1,270 | $43,660 | $44,040 | $36,660 | $48,880 | $20.99 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 1,140 | $56,660 | $60,200 | $42,390 | $81,000 | $27.24 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 990 | $50,960 | $52,190 | $38,240 | $64,940 | $24.5 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 970 | $39,750 | $41,220 | $32,850 | $49,140 | $19.11 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 970 | $63,740 | $62,690 | $37,090 | $83,100 | $30.64 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 820 | $58,870 | $59,370 | $38,480 | $81,520 | $28.3 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 710 | $50,490 | $53,740 | $40,410 | $66,830 | $24.28 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 680 | $35,420 | $34,770 | $29,220 | $37,230 | $17.03 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 620 | $35,930 | $36,660 | $30,780 | $44,100 | $17.27 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 540 | $50,860 | $51,150 | $39,120 | $62,000 | $24.45 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 530 | $46,660 | $49,350 | $35,050 | $66,710 | $22.43 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 530 | $37,190 | $39,050 | $28,310 | $50,810 | $17.88 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 530 | $48,090 | $51,590 | $34,770 | $70,010 | $23.12 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 480 | $66,400 | $70,220 | $56,030 | $93,400 | $31.92 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 480 | $61,640 | $65,050 | $40,860 | $94,270 | $29.64 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 450 | $58,130 | $62,690 | $51,850 | $84,190 | $27.95 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 450 | $57,490 | $59,070 | $44,160 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 430 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Couriers and Messengers | 350 | $37,560 | $37,360 | $33,990 | $40,010 | $18.06 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 350 | $57,690 | $57,760 | $28,200 | $82,180 | $27.74 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 290 | $50,410 | $51,940 | $38,850 | $65,450 | $24.24 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 280 | $36,010 | $34,820 | $27,560 | $38,550 | $17.31 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 270 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 260 | $52,450 | $56,730 | $41,350 | $80,210 | $25.21 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 250 | $51,770 | $50,570 | $34,930 | $63,110 | $24.89 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 240 | $60,740 | $61,890 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $29.2 |
| Order Clerks | 190 | $39,770 | $41,650 | $31,200 | $59,880 | $19.12 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 180 | $41,840 | $42,570 | $34,280 | $52,110 | $20.11 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 160 | $36,930 | $38,170 | $27,740 | $49,170 | $17.76 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 130 | $47,000 | $45,330 | $34,040 | $59,860 | $22.59 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 120 | $46,940 | $50,380 | $44,590 | $59,680 | $22.57 |
| Procurement Clerks | 120 | $44,710 | $45,670 | $32,880 | $56,810 | $21.49 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 60 | $35,440 | $39,890 | $35,350 | $47,330 | $17.04 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 40 | $48,780 | $53,720 | $38,480 | $79,990 | $23.45 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 30 | $54,540 | $59,980 | $44,290 | $85,070 | $26.22 |
| File Clerks | ** | $37,270 | $37,680 | $28,380 | $47,640 | $17.92 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | ** | $41,770 | $44,560 | $35,870 | $51,350 | $20.08 |
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=10&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 10 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 10 / 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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