Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Kansas, 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 Kansas. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Kansas
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 166,990 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 116.68 |
| Location quotient | 0.99 |
| Mean annual wage | $45,060 |
| Median annual wage | $42,300 |
| Mean hourly wage | $21.66 |
| Median hourly wage | $20.34 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $29,170 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $35,260 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $51,290 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $64,460 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Kansas
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Kansas, 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 Kansas.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 32,250 | $38,330 | $41,540 | $29,120 | $58,300 | $18.43 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 28,500 | $39,000 | $40,330 | $27,940 | $53,690 | $18.75 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 19,450 | $45,920 | $46,030 | $29,130 | $61,750 | $22.08 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 12,590 | $62,400 | $65,850 | $41,100 | $93,260 | $30 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 7,820 | $35,320 | $35,400 | $26,830 | $44,970 | $16.98 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 7,450 | $42,150 | $42,920 | $31,290 | $55,720 | $20.27 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 6,460 | $39,540 | $41,340 | $31,200 | $51,280 | $19.01 |
| Tellers | 4,970 | $36,340 | $35,730 | $28,430 | $45,250 | $17.47 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 4,380 | $54,990 | $58,980 | $38,270 | $85,010 | $26.44 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 3,760 | $38,280 | $40,600 | $32,520 | $50,320 | $18.41 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 3,670 | $45,150 | $45,810 | $34,210 | $61,080 | $21.71 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 3,310 | $56,330 | $59,240 | $42,390 | $76,880 | $27.08 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 3,180 | $63,930 | $67,150 | $45,470 | $88,040 | $30.74 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 2,670 | $46,940 | $49,020 | $35,980 | $62,430 | $22.57 |
| Office Clerks, General | 2,570 | $31,170 | $34,470 | $16,050 | $57,180 | $14.99 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 2,160 | $29,360 | $29,500 | $21,390 | $35,300 | $14.12 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 1,910 | $50,020 | $53,950 | $39,370 | $73,860 | $24.05 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 1,810 | $45,800 | $50,260 | $28,950 | $76,120 | $22.02 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,350 | $58,950 | $58,440 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.34 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 1,290 | $40,800 | $46,360 | $29,480 | $80,750 | $19.61 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,290 | $40,680 | $43,070 | $30,520 | $56,830 | $19.56 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,280 | $41,780 | $43,560 | $34,390 | $57,090 | $20.09 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,160 | $29,840 | $30,530 | $16,210 | $40,650 | $14.35 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,040 | $46,300 | $45,770 | $30,680 | $60,440 | $22.26 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 850 | $37,710 | $37,720 | $28,280 | $47,840 | $18.13 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 830 | $41,640 | $43,100 | $30,340 | $55,350 | $20.02 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 800 | $41,120 | $43,990 | $35,070 | $57,600 | $19.77 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 760 | $46,300 | $48,610 | $36,190 | $63,070 | $22.26 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 720 | $47,680 | $46,310 | $33,740 | $60,320 | $22.92 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 700 | $46,940 | $51,200 | $36,160 | $74,860 | $22.57 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 690 | $46,750 | $46,950 | $33,990 | $61,070 | $22.48 |
| File Clerks | 680 | $39,070 | $40,010 | $27,890 | $51,320 | $18.79 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 670 | $59,550 | $60,070 | $44,160 | $74,150 | $28.63 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 590 | $35,060 | $35,250 | $24,360 | $44,500 | $16.86 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 540 | $49,020 | $50,200 | $36,280 | $66,650 | $23.57 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 440 | $35,520 | $34,790 | $22,620 | $44,910 | $17.08 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 430 | $29,000 | $33,610 | $19,140 | $56,290 | $13.94 |
| Procurement Clerks | 410 | $46,020 | $46,560 | $35,280 | $58,820 | $22.13 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 290 | $34,980 | $36,250 | $23,170 | $47,950 | $16.82 |
| Order Clerks | 270 | $41,880 | $42,970 | $29,130 | $55,730 | $20.13 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 230 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 180 | $36,900 | $36,350 | $30,040 | $44,600 | $17.74 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 150 | $64,530 | $61,510 | $39,820 | $85,570 | $31.02 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 110 | $35,470 | $39,580 | $28,720 | $70,450 | $17.05 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 90 | $34,850 | $36,100 | $31,230 | $41,820 | $16.76 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 90 | $46,960 | $45,240 | $24,260 | $63,680 | $22.58 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 70 | $41,550 | $44,410 | $35,490 | $51,590 | $19.98 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 50 | $52,250 | $48,730 | $35,640 | $53,580 | $25.12 |
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=20&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 20 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 20 / 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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