Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Louisiana, 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 Louisiana. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Louisiana
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 232,420 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 121.587 |
| Location quotient | 1.03 |
| Mean annual wage | $41,680 |
| Median annual wage | $38,000 |
| Mean hourly wage | $20.04 |
| Median hourly wage | $18.27 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $24,000 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $30,510 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $48,450 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $62,500 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Louisiana
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Louisiana, 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 Louisiana.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 34,950 | $30,180 | $31,800 | $19,920 | $45,570 | $14.51 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 28,590 | $37,800 | $39,310 | $25,480 | $54,240 | $18.18 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 25,630 | $35,890 | $38,440 | $26,250 | $52,550 | $17.26 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 20,320 | $43,550 | $45,270 | $28,400 | $62,830 | $20.94 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 20,210 | $55,480 | $59,060 | $36,060 | $84,320 | $26.68 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 13,440 | $30,570 | $31,030 | $19,980 | $41,430 | $14.7 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 10,810 | $49,310 | $52,720 | $31,870 | $75,920 | $23.71 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 7,690 | $37,770 | $40,450 | $25,760 | $57,830 | $18.16 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 6,070 | $39,340 | $42,970 | $22,880 | $62,320 | $18.91 |
| Tellers | 5,370 | $35,900 | $35,330 | $27,920 | $44,090 | $17.26 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 5,360 | $39,110 | $41,110 | $27,600 | $57,550 | $18.8 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 5,260 | $55,930 | $58,950 | $41,250 | $78,980 | $26.89 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 4,830 | $27,240 | $27,040 | $22,050 | $33,700 | $13.1 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 3,870 | $36,530 | $37,120 | $29,760 | $46,080 | $17.56 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 2,980 | $45,460 | $47,280 | $28,080 | $68,950 | $21.86 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,790 | $42,560 | $46,890 | $30,670 | $71,830 | $20.46 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,730 | $35,930 | $37,340 | $29,180 | $46,400 | $17.27 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 2,510 | $43,620 | $45,920 | $29,960 | $64,680 | $20.97 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 2,310 | $49,840 | $51,820 | $34,700 | $71,570 | $23.96 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,200 | $44,120 | $45,760 | $29,770 | $65,640 | $21.21 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,010 | $43,650 | $44,280 | $30,450 | $61,480 | $20.99 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 1,950 | $36,460 | $37,950 | $26,750 | $53,130 | $17.53 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 1,900 | $44,860 | $42,870 | $26,670 | $55,350 | $21.57 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,730 | $38,830 | $41,310 | $28,070 | $58,610 | $18.67 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 1,710 | $59,950 | $66,380 | $37,610 | $101,740 | $28.82 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 1,540 | $36,630 | $38,910 | $22,930 | $58,060 | $17.61 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,310 | $55,410 | $57,320 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $26.64 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,190 | $61,710 | $60,830 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $29.67 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 1,150 | $43,180 | $43,220 | $29,920 | $56,980 | $20.76 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,120 | $29,520 | $31,120 | $21,530 | $42,690 | $14.19 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 870 | $35,260 | $36,210 | $27,270 | $45,080 | $16.95 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 800 | $43,480 | $45,310 | $27,700 | $63,360 | $20.91 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 790 | $43,930 | $46,050 | $31,290 | $63,070 | $21.12 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 760 | $48,800 | $48,650 | $26,390 | $68,850 | $23.46 |
| File Clerks | 740 | $30,030 | $31,670 | $18,540 | $43,730 | $14.44 |
| Procurement Clerks | 730 | $47,480 | $49,770 | $36,860 | $65,090 | $22.83 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 670 | $37,190 | $40,950 | $27,530 | $53,310 | $17.88 |
| Order Clerks | 550 | $35,360 | $38,400 | $27,340 | $55,300 | $17 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 470 | $36,070 | $42,190 | $25,530 | $73,760 | $17.34 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 360 | $27,300 | $30,260 | $22,700 | $41,600 | $13.13 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 340 | $42,490 | $42,800 | $29,460 | $57,490 | $20.43 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 300 | $28,520 | $30,890 | $21,220 | $44,910 | $13.71 |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 200 | $48,550 | $46,050 | $33,970 | $53,650 | $23.34 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 190 | $43,480 | $47,500 | $38,040 | $65,900 | $20.91 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 180 | $40,390 | $42,870 | $32,790 | $64,040 | $19.42 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 140 | $29,390 | $33,310 | $22,040 | $43,970 | $14.13 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 100 | $40,480 | $41,350 | $34,460 | $48,580 | $19.46 |
| Telephone Operators | 80 | $34,050 | $32,040 | $25,100 | $38,020 | $16.37 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 70 | $35,800 | $36,260 | $23,950 | $55,700 | $17.21 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 60 | $61,320 | $62,200 | $45,130 | $83,280 | $29.48 |
| Desktop Publishers | 60 | $55,110 | $53,810 | $21,240 | $82,210 | $26.49 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | ** | $42,510 | $43,650 | $36,620 | $59,060 | $20.44 |
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=22&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 22 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 22 / 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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