Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Florida, 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 Florida. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Florida
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 1,298,460 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 132.224 |
| Location quotient | 1.12 |
| Mean annual wage | $47,360 |
| Median annual wage | $43,680 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.77 |
| Median hourly wage | $21 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $31,150 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $36,360 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $53,370 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $68,400 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Florida
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Florida, 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 Florida.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 238,300 | $38,890 | $42,200 | $30,280 | $57,410 | $18.7 |
| Office Clerks, General | 191,350 | $42,720 | $45,360 | $29,610 | $63,730 | $20.54 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 107,210 | $47,980 | $50,800 | $33,400 | $69,990 | $23.07 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 102,450 | $62,290 | $68,430 | $41,010 | $100,310 | $29.95 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 98,270 | $43,650 | $45,380 | $30,810 | $61,350 | $20.99 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 80,430 | $39,450 | $42,370 | $33,660 | $52,050 | $18.96 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 70,960 | $36,070 | $37,000 | $28,720 | $45,660 | $17.34 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 48,420 | $38,830 | $42,110 | $29,240 | $57,700 | $18.67 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 28,440 | $46,950 | $48,360 | $32,720 | $64,880 | $22.57 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 27,910 | $45,600 | $47,340 | $36,600 | $61,600 | $21.92 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 22,130 | $33,940 | $34,330 | $29,140 | $40,830 | $16.32 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 21,650 | $50,130 | $54,610 | $36,080 | $78,260 | $24.1 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 21,290 | $58,390 | $59,810 | $41,250 | $76,960 | $28.07 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 19,950 | $65,350 | $69,770 | $41,590 | $102,580 | $31.42 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 17,540 | $37,830 | $43,510 | $31,200 | $75,050 | $18.19 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 17,010 | $47,080 | $50,650 | $37,140 | $71,170 | $22.63 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 13,350 | $44,860 | $46,750 | $36,250 | $58,920 | $21.57 |
| Tellers | 13,190 | $44,120 | $42,590 | $35,630 | $48,400 | $21.21 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 12,320 | $42,320 | $46,520 | $31,100 | $67,010 | $20.35 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 11,380 | $50,920 | $51,910 | $34,430 | $65,190 | $24.48 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 10,980 | $45,430 | $47,160 | $35,060 | $60,530 | $21.84 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 10,970 | $53,790 | $58,090 | $30,640 | $81,940 | $25.86 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 10,060 | $48,030 | $50,610 | $27,890 | $71,170 | $23.09 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 9,710 | $45,820 | $48,990 | $36,450 | $66,480 | $22.03 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 9,280 | $38,100 | $39,620 | $30,540 | $49,110 | $18.32 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 7,690 | $39,310 | $40,890 | $26,930 | $55,070 | $18.9 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 7,480 | $56,160 | $57,680 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 6,470 | $48,850 | $57,140 | $35,360 | $75,540 | $23.48 |
| File Clerks | 6,350 | $39,350 | $42,900 | $31,200 | $57,240 | $18.92 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 6,290 | $48,860 | $52,720 | $33,530 | $75,450 | $23.49 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 5,650 | $36,760 | $37,640 | $29,730 | $45,480 | $17.68 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 5,570 | $36,170 | $42,640 | $34,030 | $61,530 | $17.39 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 4,520 | $46,580 | $48,630 | $35,760 | $61,760 | $22.39 |
| Order Clerks | 4,250 | $44,450 | $46,040 | $34,900 | $62,060 | $21.37 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 3,770 | $61,630 | $61,730 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.63 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 3,350 | $37,800 | $39,660 | $30,280 | $47,690 | $18.17 |
| Procurement Clerks | 3,280 | $45,300 | $49,610 | $35,880 | $63,080 | $21.78 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 2,940 | $35,080 | $35,570 | $30,380 | $41,760 | $16.87 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 2,620 | $43,240 | $42,480 | $26,620 | $53,630 | $20.79 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 2,580 | $34,820 | $35,820 | $26,390 | $45,840 | $16.74 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 2,480 | $60,530 | $62,720 | $41,950 | $80,470 | $29.1 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 2,290 | $52,550 | $58,180 | $39,650 | $80,110 | $25.26 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 1,270 | $36,070 | $41,830 | $30,330 | $62,090 | $17.34 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 1,150 | $37,750 | $39,360 | $29,710 | $51,050 | $18.15 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 940 | $44,120 | $49,180 | $34,150 | $75,270 | $21.21 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 770 | $48,170 | $49,960 | $38,500 | $66,280 | $23.16 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 690 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 560 | $41,660 | $40,160 | $27,560 | $46,840 | $20.03 |
| Desktop Publishers | 230 | $51,850 | $54,700 | $40,420 | $72,410 | $24.93 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 220 | $37,330 | $44,970 | $29,060 | $71,390 | $17.95 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 150 | $43,700 | $43,980 | $33,100 | $52,530 | $21.01 |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 90 | $36,960 | $48,020 | $35,880 | $66,220 | $17.77 |
| Statistical Assistants | 70 | $58,820 | $58,890 | $33,530 | $81,920 | $28.28 |
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=12&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 12 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 12 / 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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