Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Indiana, 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 Indiana. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Indiana
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 356,930 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 112.007 |
| Location quotient | 0.95 |
| Mean annual wage | $47,080 |
| Median annual wage | $44,550 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.63 |
| Median hourly wage | $21.42 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $30,760 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $36,820 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $53,740 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $67,060 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Indiana
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Indiana, 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 Indiana.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 66,160 | $43,420 | $44,500 | $28,270 | $63,360 | $20.88 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 47,750 | $41,600 | $44,900 | $30,540 | $62,930 | $20 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 28,250 | $46,880 | $47,930 | $32,600 | $63,870 | $22.54 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 27,580 | $45,870 | $46,530 | $35,250 | $59,990 | $22.06 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 22,620 | $66,910 | $71,360 | $45,200 | $103,210 | $32.17 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 21,850 | $41,090 | $43,140 | $30,500 | $57,940 | $19.76 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 19,460 | $41,640 | $42,670 | $34,810 | $53,350 | $20.02 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 16,470 | $35,760 | $35,360 | $24,830 | $45,590 | $17.19 |
| Tellers | 9,630 | $38,350 | $39,600 | $33,890 | $46,700 | $18.44 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 7,740 | $44,720 | $45,770 | $35,300 | $59,700 | $21.5 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 7,020 | $57,910 | $59,870 | $42,390 | $78,270 | $27.84 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 6,610 | $57,760 | $60,530 | $42,020 | $82,490 | $27.77 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 5,830 | $46,450 | $48,410 | $35,760 | $64,120 | $22.33 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 5,330 | $58,330 | $61,930 | $39,990 | $87,670 | $28.05 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 4,590 | $48,460 | $54,380 | $34,710 | $78,500 | $23.3 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 4,560 | $30,490 | $31,490 | $28,370 | $35,730 | $14.66 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 4,170 | $46,790 | $46,500 | $31,860 | $61,270 | $22.49 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 4,120 | $49,380 | $50,890 | $35,430 | $68,840 | $23.74 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 4,070 | $39,220 | $42,190 | $33,600 | $54,520 | $18.86 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 3,720 | $39,030 | $40,490 | $31,060 | $52,030 | $18.76 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 3,250 | $42,390 | $44,490 | $30,670 | $62,960 | $20.38 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 2,690 | $39,800 | $40,770 | $30,040 | $53,050 | $19.14 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,460 | $45,340 | $44,800 | $31,950 | $59,350 | $21.8 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,400 | $47,260 | $50,020 | $30,520 | $74,710 | $22.72 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 2,370 | $37,360 | $41,510 | $33,930 | $57,580 | $17.96 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 2,090 | $55,410 | $56,080 | $38,730 | $74,050 | $26.64 |
| File Clerks | 1,970 | $38,790 | $41,270 | $30,800 | $55,650 | $18.65 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,940 | $48,200 | $48,350 | $37,610 | $61,130 | $23.17 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,850 | $45,520 | $45,350 | $30,140 | $59,550 | $21.88 |
| Order Clerks | 1,790 | $43,360 | $44,330 | $32,200 | $58,610 | $20.84 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,770 | $28,820 | $29,080 | $20,980 | $36,880 | $13.86 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,660 | $52,040 | $56,310 | $36,980 | $79,920 | $25.02 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 1,600 | $51,550 | $51,430 | $38,900 | $61,040 | $24.79 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,530 | $61,630 | $60,590 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.63 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 1,420 | $56,060 | $57,680 | $40,420 | $78,600 | $26.95 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,350 | $38,750 | $38,690 | $30,350 | $46,590 | $18.63 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,300 | $46,610 | $47,420 | $35,740 | $60,270 | $22.41 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,020 | $37,470 | $38,110 | $30,620 | $49,270 | $18.01 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 590 | $38,100 | $40,700 | $29,740 | $57,130 | $18.32 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 590 | $42,020 | $48,050 | $28,690 | $70,600 | $20.2 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 560 | $50,340 | $52,750 | $47,260 | $58,950 | $24.2 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 520 | $45,850 | $45,840 | $37,460 | $56,730 | $22.04 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 500 | $34,720 | $36,300 | $26,520 | $54,020 | $16.69 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 450 | $45,580 | $53,130 | $36,460 | $74,520 | $21.91 |
| Statistical Assistants | 390 | $44,780 | $45,630 | $38,210 | $57,350 | $21.53 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 310 | $36,890 | $38,850 | $32,370 | $45,960 | $17.74 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 310 | $52,070 | $59,270 | $38,050 | $96,340 | $25.03 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 130 | $36,010 | $38,510 | $28,280 | $51,070 | $17.31 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 110 | $45,040 | $45,690 | $29,420 | $62,490 | $21.66 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 90 | $39,590 | $41,090 | $35,630 | $49,590 | $19.03 |
| Desktop Publishers | 60 | $51,520 | $49,230 | $35,390 | $68,970 | $24.77 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | ** | $46,810 | $48,770 | $39,900 | $60,730 | $22.5 |
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=18&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 18 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 18 / 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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