Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Kentucky
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 256,580 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 128.698 |
| Location quotient | 1.09 |
| Mean annual wage | $44,340 |
| Median annual wage | $40,820 |
| Mean hourly wage | $21.32 |
| Median hourly wage | $19.62 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $28,210 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $34,530 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $50,510 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $64,360 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Kentucky
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 43,970 | $37,580 | $40,720 | $28,450 | $58,090 | $18.07 |
| Office Clerks, General | 29,400 | $36,010 | $37,790 | $22,350 | $53,290 | $17.31 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 22,780 | $45,260 | $47,150 | $29,680 | $67,050 | $21.76 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 20,550 | $38,010 | $39,380 | $28,870 | $48,590 | $18.27 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 19,940 | $61,130 | $64,630 | $37,970 | $96,270 | $29.39 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 19,680 | $41,600 | $42,630 | $28,760 | $58,030 | $20 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 16,670 | $39,840 | $42,120 | $30,530 | $56,540 | $19.16 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 11,910 | $31,230 | $32,450 | $22,110 | $42,810 | $15.02 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 6,500 | $40,400 | $42,680 | $32,300 | $54,950 | $19.42 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 5,590 | $54,560 | $57,180 | $37,240 | $80,070 | $26.23 |
| Tellers | 5,040 | $36,410 | $36,890 | $29,550 | $45,230 | $17.51 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 4,710 | $56,330 | $59,650 | $42,390 | $81,000 | $27.08 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 3,980 | $27,930 | $28,630 | $22,090 | $35,440 | $13.43 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 3,730 | $47,040 | $47,380 | $33,490 | $61,040 | $22.61 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 3,430 | $58,990 | $62,040 | $42,750 | $86,820 | $28.36 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,750 | $47,560 | $51,340 | $37,970 | $75,090 | $22.86 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,700 | $42,150 | $43,550 | $34,750 | $53,230 | $20.27 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 2,590 | $44,890 | $48,270 | $33,270 | $74,510 | $21.58 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 2,590 | $48,530 | $51,530 | $35,050 | $71,350 | $23.33 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,190 | $38,330 | $43,040 | $25,390 | $63,690 | $18.43 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 2,140 | $39,490 | $50,670 | $34,830 | $75,650 | $18.99 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 2,050 | $45,100 | $49,540 | $39,990 | $67,690 | $21.68 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 1,760 | $49,000 | $53,370 | $41,230 | $69,740 | $23.56 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 1,720 | $39,260 | $39,300 | $24,590 | $47,940 | $18.88 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 1,700 | $50,190 | $52,120 | $35,710 | $70,420 | $24.13 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 1,600 | $36,400 | $36,430 | $22,920 | $47,580 | $17.5 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,490 | $40,000 | $41,410 | $28,280 | $57,960 | $19.23 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,280 | $48,530 | $47,460 | $31,230 | $62,090 | $23.33 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,280 | $62,670 | $60,980 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $30.13 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,210 | $47,490 | $47,380 | $34,310 | $63,730 | $22.83 |
| Order Clerks | 950 | $39,660 | $41,230 | $27,150 | $56,530 | $19.07 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 950 | $57,140 | $58,250 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.47 |
| Procurement Clerks | 950 | $47,220 | $47,220 | $35,390 | $60,440 | $22.7 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 850 | $36,350 | $36,520 | $27,200 | $44,490 | $17.48 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 740 | $44,780 | $48,120 | $30,740 | $68,060 | $21.53 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 640 | $25,530 | $28,060 | $20,760 | $40,450 | $12.27 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 640 | $44,220 | $46,370 | $35,020 | $60,100 | $21.26 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 640 | $41,070 | $43,820 | $32,390 | $59,300 | $19.75 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 560 | $35,590 | $35,390 | $23,070 | $46,070 | $17.11 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 380 | $39,390 | $41,640 | $33,430 | $49,230 | $18.94 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 350 | $36,500 | $37,120 | $27,240 | $46,480 | $17.55 |
| File Clerks | 280 | $33,530 | $35,220 | $26,540 | $45,200 | $16.12 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 210 | $51,140 | $56,490 | $39,850 | $69,820 | $24.59 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 190 | $34,840 | $36,240 | $30,320 | $44,450 | $16.75 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 160 | $48,550 | $48,080 | $38,910 | $63,270 | $23.34 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 110 | $32,880 | $32,840 | $28,280 | $37,230 | $15.81 |
| Telephone Operators | 100 | $38,100 | $36,780 | $31,530 | $40,710 | $18.32 |
| Statistical Assistants | 90 | $43,620 | $46,900 | $38,210 | $60,320 | $20.97 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 70 | $42,500 | $49,690 | $40,000 | $70,720 | $20.43 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 60 | $39,560 | $41,190 | $27,760 | $51,640 | $19.02 |
| Desktop Publishers | 30 | $33,780 | $40,320 | $19,390 | $57,900 | $16.24 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | ** | $47,330 | $49,450 | $45,550 | $59,050 | $22.76 |
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=21&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 21 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 21 / 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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