Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Mississippi, 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 Mississippi. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Mississippi
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 141,570 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 122.073 |
| Location quotient | 1.03 |
| Mean annual wage | $40,880 |
| Median annual wage | $37,250 |
| Mean hourly wage | $19.66 |
| Median hourly wage | $17.91 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $25,330 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $30,650 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $46,830 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $61,210 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Mississippi
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Mississippi, 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 Mississippi.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 20,240 | $35,580 | $36,990 | $27,940 | $48,220 | $17.11 |
| Office Clerks, General | 18,290 | $32,480 | $34,510 | $20,790 | $49,350 | $15.62 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 16,200 | $36,000 | $37,530 | $23,790 | $53,110 | $17.31 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 12,830 | $53,440 | $58,840 | $36,020 | $85,490 | $25.69 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 11,430 | $40,070 | $42,860 | $26,870 | $61,490 | $19.26 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 8,570 | $37,830 | $39,970 | $28,880 | $52,000 | $18.19 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 6,930 | $30,270 | $31,320 | $22,310 | $39,450 | $14.55 |
| Tellers | 3,740 | $35,340 | $35,140 | $29,000 | $43,010 | $16.99 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 3,440 | $53,600 | $58,510 | $42,390 | $83,750 | $25.77 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 3,290 | $36,570 | $38,600 | $28,500 | $52,960 | $17.58 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 2,990 | $41,440 | $42,420 | $30,090 | $57,240 | $19.92 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,760 | $36,070 | $39,720 | $28,320 | $56,530 | $17.34 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 2,710 | $26,720 | $26,660 | $19,600 | $31,720 | $12.84 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,670 | $33,950 | $34,410 | $25,850 | $43,680 | $16.32 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 2,610 | $48,390 | $54,580 | $36,120 | $84,540 | $23.27 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 2,070 | $46,240 | $46,410 | $26,810 | $65,140 | $22.23 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 1,920 | $38,670 | $41,730 | $30,360 | $55,980 | $18.59 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 1,730 | $39,590 | $45,170 | $31,060 | $68,240 | $19.03 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 1,540 | $37,980 | $40,260 | $30,790 | $55,490 | $18.26 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 1,490 | $54,090 | $60,470 | $37,030 | $88,700 | $26.01 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,380 | $33,280 | $34,630 | $25,930 | $45,080 | $16 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 950 | $43,790 | $45,900 | $29,850 | $64,820 | $21.05 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 850 | $36,610 | $39,130 | $26,560 | $57,530 | $17.6 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 820 | $59,550 | $59,060 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.63 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 790 | $43,830 | $43,720 | $27,180 | $66,580 | $21.07 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 780 | $43,420 | $44,870 | $28,160 | $64,620 | $20.88 |
| Procurement Clerks | 760 | $45,470 | $45,850 | $30,810 | $62,240 | $21.86 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 740 | $48,530 | $47,750 | $31,870 | $63,340 | $23.33 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 660 | $33,530 | $36,090 | $24,960 | $52,150 | $16.12 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 600 | $37,690 | $41,440 | $27,300 | $57,720 | $18.12 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 590 | $22,240 | $23,280 | $16,720 | $28,660 | $10.69 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 590 | $38,240 | $43,050 | $27,990 | $70,930 | $18.39 |
| File Clerks | 510 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Couriers and Messengers | 480 | $34,930 | $33,820 | $22,310 | $44,030 | $16.79 |
| Order Clerks | 470 | $41,500 | $41,050 | $29,250 | $51,500 | $19.95 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 440 | $30,930 | $31,750 | $24,300 | $38,360 | $14.87 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 420 | $43,830 | $45,250 | $32,330 | $63,340 | $21.07 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 390 | $55,410 | $56,270 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $26.64 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 330 | $49,950 | $52,120 | $32,870 | $74,720 | $24.01 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 300 | $31,200 | $33,180 | $22,880 | $45,130 | $15 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 300 | $31,560 | $32,270 | $24,040 | $39,660 | $15.17 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 250 | $38,600 | $42,710 | $30,240 | $56,880 | $18.56 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 180 | $33,530 | $38,540 | $25,850 | $69,160 | $16.12 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 110 | $34,110 | $32,540 | $21,180 | $46,340 | $16.4 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 100 | $34,800 | $36,080 | $24,130 | $43,840 | $16.73 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 90 | $38,170 | $40,550 | $34,900 | $48,930 | $18.35 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 70 | $51,910 | $56,360 | $48,500 | $67,400 | $24.96 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 40 | $42,200 | $42,920 | $34,230 | $53,850 | $20.29 |
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=28&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 28 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 28 / 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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