Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Maryland, 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 Maryland. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Maryland
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 317,090 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 115.459 |
| Location quotient | 0.98 |
| Mean annual wage | $52,890 |
| Median annual wage | $48,010 |
| Mean hourly wage | $25.43 |
| Median hourly wage | $23.08 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $34,470 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $39,130 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $61,410 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $77,000 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Maryland
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Maryland, 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 Maryland.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 55,250 | $46,800 | $48,390 | $34,850 | $63,390 | $22.5 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 40,680 | $40,310 | $45,130 | $31,800 | $62,440 | $19.38 |
| Office Clerks, General | 29,270 | $46,370 | $49,910 | $31,980 | $72,880 | $22.3 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 28,570 | $69,720 | $73,120 | $44,950 | $102,180 | $33.52 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 18,380 | $54,080 | $56,080 | $38,420 | $76,490 | $26 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 16,880 | $38,000 | $39,880 | $31,200 | $48,690 | $18.27 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 15,940 | $75,760 | $77,830 | $50,990 | $106,650 | $36.42 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 14,550 | $46,690 | $47,580 | $37,180 | $59,380 | $22.45 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 14,280 | $45,740 | $46,490 | $31,310 | $62,230 | $21.99 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 10,200 | $48,770 | $54,340 | $33,690 | $81,280 | $23.45 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 6,630 | $58,390 | $60,390 | $41,250 | $76,880 | $28.07 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 5,750 | $49,620 | $52,540 | $38,240 | $70,350 | $23.86 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 5,480 | $55,850 | $60,060 | $41,250 | $85,820 | $26.85 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 4,170 | $34,810 | $35,050 | $31,200 | $38,750 | $16.74 |
| Tellers | 3,950 | $43,310 | $43,800 | $36,010 | $49,480 | $20.82 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 3,640 | $50,550 | $55,210 | $36,600 | $77,550 | $24.31 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 3,160 | $45,090 | $46,100 | $37,980 | $56,310 | $21.68 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 3,060 | $55,910 | $58,570 | $45,140 | $78,110 | $26.88 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 2,910 | $50,050 | $51,580 | $38,790 | $63,910 | $24.06 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 2,780 | $56,450 | $57,980 | $42,350 | $74,050 | $27.14 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 2,700 | $60,470 | $60,780 | $40,360 | $80,500 | $29.07 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 2,520 | $36,940 | $39,970 | $31,870 | $50,840 | $17.76 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 2,030 | $57,590 | $59,130 | $45,490 | $77,120 | $27.69 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,000 | $56,440 | $58,330 | $47,020 | $70,470 | $27.14 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,970 | $52,310 | $53,280 | $38,680 | $69,980 | $25.15 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 1,690 | $58,260 | $56,560 | $38,330 | $72,260 | $28.01 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,630 | $39,460 | $41,010 | $31,230 | $53,670 | $18.97 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,540 | $56,760 | $58,510 | $44,990 | $72,970 | $27.29 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 1,520 | $53,180 | $53,680 | $31,200 | $76,620 | $25.57 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,410 | $63,110 | $65,950 | $45,140 | $82,580 | $30.34 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,360 | $61,630 | $61,940 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $29.63 |
| Order Clerks | 1,230 | $44,490 | $48,270 | $35,940 | $70,010 | $21.39 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,110 | $38,010 | $39,430 | $32,890 | $48,410 | $18.27 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,110 | $54,790 | $54,900 | $38,080 | $72,700 | $26.34 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,070 | $39,910 | $41,320 | $31,200 | $50,870 | $19.19 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 890 | $59,160 | $57,960 | $41,200 | $75,920 | $28.44 |
| File Clerks | 850 | $44,610 | $45,210 | $34,180 | $59,790 | $21.45 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 840 | $47,460 | $48,700 | $33,590 | $68,280 | $22.82 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 770 | $39,420 | $46,860 | $36,300 | $74,350 | $18.95 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 670 | $64,020 | $69,120 | $51,570 | $93,660 | $30.78 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 540 | $44,780 | $47,760 | $35,660 | $60,620 | $21.53 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 530 | $39,750 | $40,760 | $31,200 | $50,090 | $19.11 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 290 | $46,870 | $48,540 | $37,200 | $59,880 | $22.54 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 280 | $57,000 | $59,510 | $44,220 | $79,970 | $27.4 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 230 | $44,880 | $48,470 | $38,510 | $65,420 | $21.58 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 150 | $41,530 | $41,210 | $31,200 | $47,560 | $19.97 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 150 | $49,200 | $50,170 | $36,300 | $59,700 | $23.66 |
| Statistical Assistants | 110 | $58,850 | $58,530 | $42,900 | $79,450 | $28.3 |
| Telephone Operators | 110 | $41,220 | $43,720 | $39,600 | $53,650 | $19.82 |
| Desktop Publishers | 90 | $56,590 | $61,820 | $44,890 | $92,440 | $27.21 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 60 | $54,680 | $55,550 | $45,730 | $70,000 | $26.29 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 50 | $44,380 | $48,460 | $39,840 | $63,830 | $21.34 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | ** | $46,280 | $46,310 | $40,460 | $49,420 | $22.25 |
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=24&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 24 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 24 / 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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