Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Iowa, 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 Iowa. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Iowa
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 170,440 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 109.14 |
| Location quotient | 0.92 |
| Mean annual wage | $47,320 |
| Median annual wage | $45,130 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.75 |
| Median hourly wage | $21.7 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $31,060 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $37,030 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $54,310 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $65,910 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Iowa
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Iowa, 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 Iowa.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 28,810 | $44,990 | $46,160 | $30,940 | $62,710 | $21.63 |
| Office Clerks, General | 24,280 | $42,200 | $43,330 | $27,690 | $59,980 | $20.29 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 14,150 | $47,150 | $48,980 | $32,100 | $64,190 | $22.67 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 12,320 | $44,000 | $44,570 | $30,900 | $59,640 | $21.16 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 10,230 | $61,970 | $64,830 | $40,070 | $92,390 | $29.8 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 10,150 | $39,240 | $41,520 | $32,130 | $50,490 | $18.87 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 8,080 | $46,830 | $47,200 | $34,600 | $61,480 | $22.51 |
| Tellers | 5,600 | $37,890 | $39,730 | $33,880 | $46,980 | $18.22 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 4,980 | $35,730 | $35,980 | $25,960 | $46,540 | $17.18 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 4,460 | $59,440 | $62,170 | $43,770 | $82,820 | $28.58 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 3,870 | $45,440 | $47,220 | $37,410 | $60,910 | $21.85 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 3,710 | $57,820 | $59,740 | $42,390 | $77,940 | $27.8 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 3,300 | $56,830 | $60,150 | $42,450 | $83,470 | $27.32 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 2,990 | $30,250 | $31,220 | $24,420 | $36,460 | $14.54 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 2,700 | $48,390 | $51,070 | $38,370 | $65,490 | $23.27 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,550 | $46,750 | $47,060 | $35,880 | $60,190 | $22.48 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 2,460 | $49,500 | $52,560 | $30,690 | $73,320 | $23.8 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,400 | $48,710 | $49,960 | $37,270 | $63,900 | $23.42 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 1,920 | $38,360 | $39,140 | $35,160 | $45,210 | $18.44 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 1,540 | $50,970 | $54,190 | $34,760 | $79,140 | $24.51 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,530 | $28,700 | $30,990 | $21,880 | $42,950 | $13.8 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,300 | $58,950 | $57,410 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.34 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 1,240 | $49,990 | $56,290 | $36,270 | $69,130 | $24.03 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,190 | * | * | * | * | * |
| New Accounts Clerks | 1,110 | $44,720 | $44,570 | $36,030 | $55,880 | $21.5 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,100 | $46,320 | $46,580 | $35,130 | $60,900 | $22.27 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,050 | $59,550 | $61,010 | $45,990 | $74,150 | $28.63 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 1,020 | $40,150 | $45,030 | $30,450 | $63,760 | $19.3 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 1,020 | $60,300 | $58,870 | $43,330 | $73,950 | $28.99 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 940 | $52,380 | $53,540 | $32,640 | $66,580 | $25.18 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 910 | $41,090 | $41,770 | $30,830 | $54,570 | $19.75 |
| Order Clerks | 890 | $41,790 | $43,360 | $33,990 | $53,110 | $20.09 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 770 | $36,980 | $36,960 | $23,030 | $48,650 | $17.78 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 720 | $37,730 | $36,920 | $29,940 | $40,800 | $18.14 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 710 | $46,120 | $49,570 | $42,540 | $64,190 | $22.17 |
| Procurement Clerks | 650 | $47,490 | $48,260 | $37,580 | $60,730 | $22.83 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 510 | $45,690 | $47,220 | $36,190 | $61,960 | $21.97 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 490 | $45,300 | $47,450 | $39,100 | $62,540 | $21.78 |
| File Clerks | 430 | $44,930 | $44,100 | $28,270 | $61,490 | $21.6 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 340 | $38,320 | $40,830 | $28,030 | $54,060 | $18.42 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 300 | $37,090 | $39,090 | $30,280 | $51,190 | $17.83 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 280 | $34,640 | $35,980 | $31,750 | $44,550 | $16.65 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 270 | $52,160 | $55,380 | $44,020 | $77,270 | $25.08 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 260 | $37,160 | $37,970 | $28,600 | $45,690 | $17.87 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 220 | $36,420 | $37,490 | $30,460 | $47,510 | $17.51 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 160 | $43,630 | $44,080 | $31,290 | $55,610 | $20.98 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 120 | $46,820 | $53,230 | $41,310 | $83,480 | $22.51 |
| Statistical Assistants | 120 | $82,000 | $78,540 | $49,590 | $99,560 | $39.42 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 110 | $49,140 | $49,670 | $37,240 | $60,640 | $23.62 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 80 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 80 | $58,600 | $58,710 | $28,280 | $75,850 | $28.17 |
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=19&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 19 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 19 / 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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