Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Minnesota
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 340,040 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 116.434 |
| Location quotient | 0.99 |
| Mean annual wage | $53,050 |
| Median annual wage | $49,470 |
| Mean hourly wage | $25.51 |
| Median hourly wage | $23.79 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $35,570 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $41,970 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $61,090 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $75,140 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Minnesota
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 59,170 | $47,470 | $50,020 | $35,030 | $67,120 | $22.82 |
| Office Clerks, General | 55,710 | $47,030 | $48,790 | $32,120 | $68,240 | $22.61 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 30,160 | $49,900 | $50,850 | $36,900 | $63,630 | $23.99 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 27,520 | $52,350 | $54,190 | $36,920 | $72,760 | $25.17 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 23,090 | $74,160 | $75,770 | $49,230 | $103,700 | $35.65 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 16,240 | $48,820 | $51,380 | $42,680 | $60,700 | $23.47 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 14,180 | $46,830 | $47,900 | $35,870 | $61,520 | $22.52 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 12,480 | $36,910 | $37,580 | $27,140 | $48,320 | $17.75 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 7,830 | $76,850 | $76,940 | $53,920 | $98,520 | $36.95 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 7,250 | $62,240 | $64,090 | $45,830 | $83,740 | $29.93 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 6,830 | $52,720 | $54,240 | $42,940 | $67,820 | $25.34 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 6,030 | $55,310 | $57,790 | $43,720 | $74,690 | $26.59 |
| Tellers | 6,030 | $41,740 | $41,500 | $36,250 | $46,470 | $20.07 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 5,860 | $58,390 | $60,990 | $42,390 | $78,460 | $28.07 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 5,640 | $36,430 | $43,500 | $29,210 | $62,870 | $17.52 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 4,660 | $35,990 | $35,760 | $29,520 | $42,320 | $17.31 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 4,030 | $53,570 | $55,780 | $43,870 | $69,940 | $25.76 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 3,800 | $48,160 | $52,370 | $37,830 | $75,100 | $23.15 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 3,300 | $52,860 | $54,040 | $42,340 | $66,520 | $25.41 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 3,300 | $50,070 | $51,710 | $39,450 | $62,420 | $24.07 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 3,120 | $56,940 | $58,180 | $39,660 | $78,990 | $27.38 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 2,700 | $60,780 | $61,530 | $46,140 | $76,950 | $29.22 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 2,690 | $60,330 | $61,780 | $48,570 | $75,890 | $29 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,500 | $61,300 | $65,160 | $47,420 | $84,040 | $29.47 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 2,240 | $40,850 | $52,780 | $37,860 | $78,660 | $19.64 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 2,160 | $37,010 | $38,260 | $27,860 | $49,050 | $17.79 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 2,050 | $57,490 | $59,110 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 2,020 | $51,370 | $63,690 | $42,040 | $76,930 | $24.7 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 1,840 | $47,680 | $47,840 | $38,550 | $59,560 | $22.92 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,510 | $42,650 | $42,920 | $33,870 | $54,880 | $20.51 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,440 | $61,110 | $60,450 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.38 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 1,360 | $48,020 | $49,390 | $37,870 | $61,270 | $23.09 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 1,320 | $41,640 | $43,400 | $36,840 | $51,590 | $20.02 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 1,300 | $60,340 | $64,320 | $48,940 | $77,890 | $29.01 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,180 | $64,920 | $67,140 | $52,620 | $83,380 | $31.21 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,130 | $51,050 | $53,180 | $38,500 | $69,370 | $24.55 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 1,020 | $40,330 | $42,830 | $33,650 | $55,680 | $19.39 |
| Order Clerks | 1,020 | $47,020 | $47,110 | $34,020 | $60,270 | $22.61 |
| File Clerks | 730 | $45,310 | $47,040 | $36,840 | $60,010 | $21.78 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 640 | $43,890 | $43,870 | $34,720 | $56,460 | $21.1 |
| Procurement Clerks | 620 | $53,270 | $53,840 | $40,140 | $67,890 | $25.61 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 400 | $47,610 | $49,660 | $38,690 | $66,170 | $22.89 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 390 | $36,920 | $37,370 | $29,100 | $47,310 | $17.75 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 340 | $48,280 | $47,930 | $38,660 | $57,630 | $23.21 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 270 | $66,210 | $69,890 | $46,800 | $87,710 | $31.83 |
| Desktop Publishers | 230 | $61,020 | $64,910 | $38,260 | $91,020 | $29.34 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 210 | $49,870 | $51,960 | $44,110 | $58,880 | $23.97 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 190 | $60,220 | $59,940 | $47,050 | $73,390 | $28.95 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 100 | $49,960 | $52,420 | $40,230 | $63,030 | $24.02 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 80 | $50,560 | $50,690 | $40,970 | $61,070 | $24.31 |
| Correspondence Clerks | ** | $53,350 | $50,550 | $40,170 | $53,350 | $25.65 |
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=27&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 27 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 27 / 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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