Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Michigan, 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 Michigan. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Michigan
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 505,740 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 115.187 |
| Location quotient | 0.97 |
| Mean annual wage | $48,110 |
| Median annual wage | $45,400 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.13 |
| Median hourly wage | $21.83 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $31,920 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $37,370 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $55,740 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $68,640 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Michigan
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Michigan, 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 Michigan.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 89,290 | $43,950 | $45,170 | $29,760 | $62,220 | $21.13 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 69,830 | $42,560 | $45,460 | $31,140 | $63,490 | $20.46 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 42,500 | $44,880 | $46,710 | $32,920 | $62,230 | $21.58 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 40,100 | $47,680 | $50,070 | $35,210 | $68,120 | $22.92 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 30,600 | $64,000 | $67,490 | $43,190 | $95,330 | $30.77 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 28,500 | $43,870 | $45,420 | $33,640 | $62,170 | $21.09 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 27,440 | $40,050 | $42,080 | $35,450 | $49,970 | $19.26 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 24,560 | $36,770 | $37,580 | $28,160 | $48,390 | $17.68 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 14,340 | $46,070 | $46,590 | $35,840 | $59,560 | $22.15 |
| Tellers | 12,660 | $37,840 | $39,420 | $31,940 | $46,690 | $18.19 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 12,010 | $56,450 | $59,010 | $41,250 | $75,440 | $27.14 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 9,130 | $62,930 | $63,390 | $42,490 | $84,270 | $30.26 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 8,960 | $65,400 | $68,550 | $46,380 | $94,060 | $31.44 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 8,160 | $48,380 | $48,970 | $38,240 | $60,130 | $23.26 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 6,540 | $33,290 | $33,530 | $28,440 | $38,310 | $16.01 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 6,190 | $47,240 | $48,140 | $31,200 | $63,550 | $22.71 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 5,820 | $46,750 | $48,570 | $34,540 | $63,990 | $22.48 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 5,570 | $47,980 | $51,900 | $35,120 | $76,430 | $23.07 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 4,710 | $64,020 | $61,360 | $46,230 | $67,390 | $30.78 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 4,330 | $41,610 | $45,480 | $33,330 | $62,960 | $20 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 3,920 | $54,690 | $54,660 | $31,670 | $75,530 | $26.29 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 3,880 | $57,490 | $58,760 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 3,670 | $33,530 | $33,760 | $24,460 | $43,660 | $16.12 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 3,330 | $43,670 | $46,370 | $34,020 | $61,910 | $21 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 3,090 | $47,830 | $47,300 | $37,710 | $57,530 | $23 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 3,070 | $56,030 | $57,200 | $34,520 | $80,950 | $26.94 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 3,070 | $55,740 | $53,610 | $33,280 | $68,390 | $26.8 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 2,980 | $38,570 | $39,750 | $28,080 | $50,590 | $18.54 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 2,650 | $47,750 | $50,830 | $37,780 | $69,680 | $22.96 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 2,470 | $63,270 | $63,070 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $30.42 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 2,350 | $49,320 | $51,660 | $38,130 | $66,410 | $23.71 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 2,230 | $45,960 | $46,450 | $34,000 | $61,920 | $22.1 |
| Order Clerks | 2,100 | $45,100 | $46,440 | $33,850 | $62,890 | $21.68 |
| File Clerks | 2,090 | $42,640 | $44,200 | $32,670 | $60,360 | $20.5 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,850 | $35,340 | $36,390 | $27,390 | $46,620 | $16.99 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,710 | $42,220 | $44,810 | $25,490 | $63,230 | $20.3 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,700 | $37,130 | $38,230 | $30,160 | $47,850 | $17.85 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 1,440 | $44,570 | $49,590 | $35,350 | $75,290 | $21.43 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,160 | $46,470 | $48,200 | $37,180 | $61,420 | $22.34 |
| Statistical Assistants | 930 | $48,210 | $50,400 | $46,630 | $54,790 | $23.18 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 800 | $62,920 | $66,820 | $50,670 | $79,740 | $30.25 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 690 | $47,030 | $48,670 | $35,130 | $64,960 | $22.61 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 550 | $45,160 | $46,590 | $36,990 | $59,140 | $21.71 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 510 | $48,530 | $48,430 | $35,340 | $59,670 | $23.33 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 480 | $38,900 | $40,390 | $27,470 | $54,390 | $18.7 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 430 | $38,070 | $39,400 | $29,950 | $47,620 | $18.31 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 330 | $46,020 | $47,680 | $36,400 | $60,450 | $22.12 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 280 | $41,270 | $43,120 | $36,730 | $49,000 | $19.84 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 280 | $57,610 | $61,850 | $38,370 | $89,900 | $27.7 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 160 | $39,380 | $48,610 | $33,280 | $80,240 | $18.93 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 110 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 60 | $46,090 | $48,600 | $44,450 | $50,410 | $22.16 |
| Telephone Operators | 60 | $40,300 | $40,760 | $32,290 | $47,780 | $19.38 |
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=26&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 26 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 26 / 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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