Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Maine, 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 Maine. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Maine
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 76,160 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 119.851 |
| Location quotient | 1.01 |
| Mean annual wage | $49,830 |
| Median annual wage | $46,560 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.96 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.39 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $36,010 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $39,730 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $55,880 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $68,340 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Maine
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Maine, 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 Maine.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 11,670 | $43,500 | $45,160 | $33,280 | $59,070 | $20.92 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 8,310 | $49,510 | $51,530 | $38,450 | $64,780 | $23.8 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 7,500 | $45,240 | $46,970 | $34,960 | $64,290 | $21.75 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 6,800 | $46,990 | $47,700 | $36,120 | $60,010 | $22.59 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 5,670 | $63,390 | $67,820 | $45,860 | $94,890 | $30.48 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 4,550 | $44,690 | $45,670 | $37,830 | $56,370 | $21.49 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 4,040 | $40,360 | $41,270 | $34,330 | $48,080 | $19.4 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 2,690 | $61,460 | $64,290 | $46,440 | $84,160 | $29.55 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 2,460 | $45,880 | $46,620 | $35,350 | $60,100 | $22.06 |
| Tellers | 2,150 | $39,160 | $40,960 | $36,820 | $45,810 | $18.83 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,690 | $37,760 | $39,010 | $30,060 | $46,290 | $18.15 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 1,620 | $46,940 | $48,480 | $38,240 | $60,630 | $22.57 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 1,620 | $56,330 | $59,790 | $42,390 | $81,000 | $27.08 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 1,520 | $52,010 | $58,130 | $38,760 | $81,200 | $25.01 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 1,210 | $56,550 | $58,510 | $34,650 | $90,150 | $27.19 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,190 | $48,100 | $50,290 | $37,610 | $62,590 | $23.13 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 1,050 | $40,240 | $42,220 | $36,740 | $48,730 | $19.35 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 910 | $48,390 | $49,700 | $40,740 | $59,980 | $23.26 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 720 | $50,920 | $55,230 | $38,960 | $82,190 | $24.48 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 710 | $60,030 | $59,440 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.86 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 620 | $52,620 | $54,110 | $40,230 | $70,610 | $25.3 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 610 | $49,950 | $51,190 | $37,440 | $62,490 | $24.01 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 590 | $46,590 | $46,710 | $38,900 | $50,360 | $22.4 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 510 | $53,110 | $56,280 | $40,470 | $74,350 | $25.53 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 500 | $57,490 | $59,390 | $44,160 | $74,150 | $27.64 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 450 | $47,660 | $49,820 | $40,790 | $59,760 | $22.92 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 420 | $47,450 | $49,590 | $39,740 | $62,200 | $22.81 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 420 | $31,870 | $38,520 | $29,430 | $58,120 | $15.32 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 420 | $37,230 | $40,420 | $30,360 | $54,470 | $17.9 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 400 | $46,030 | $45,410 | $33,990 | $53,510 | $22.13 |
| Procurement Clerks | 390 | $49,140 | $51,100 | $39,520 | $64,830 | $23.62 |
| Order Clerks | 370 | $45,700 | $47,810 | $36,360 | $59,660 | $21.97 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 360 | $45,130 | $48,090 | $42,230 | $58,880 | $21.7 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 300 | $39,590 | $42,840 | $36,540 | $54,220 | $19.03 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 230 | $48,780 | $55,960 | $44,200 | $76,590 | $23.45 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 220 | $40,100 | $41,570 | $34,670 | $48,250 | $19.28 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 200 | $43,720 | $45,290 | $37,470 | $56,920 | $21.02 |
| File Clerks | 190 | $40,550 | $41,200 | $32,630 | $49,500 | $19.49 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 140 | $51,890 | $53,670 | $38,250 | $71,650 | $24.95 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 110 | $42,090 | $42,510 | $33,670 | $51,620 | $20.24 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 100 | $66,500 | $67,440 | $50,770 | $85,710 | $31.97 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 100 | $50,110 | $53,620 | $35,360 | $83,530 | $24.09 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 90 | $51,820 | $53,910 | $41,530 | $72,210 | $24.91 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 60 | $42,910 | $44,350 | $35,050 | $54,830 | $20.63 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 50 | $47,750 | $45,810 | $38,830 | $55,750 | $22.96 |
| Statistical Assistants | 50 | $46,650 | $51,650 | $36,960 | $71,720 | $22.43 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 40 | $40,020 | $40,410 | $36,940 | $45,550 | $19.24 |
| Desktop Publishers | 40 | $48,660 | $47,170 | $31,200 | $56,850 | $23.39 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 30 | $61,520 | $61,720 | $39,320 | $84,150 | $29.58 |
| Word Processors and Typists | ** | $33,990 | $45,030 | $33,990 | $66,190 | $16.34 |
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=23&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 23 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 23 / 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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