Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Missouri, 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 Missouri. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Missouri
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 358,470 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 122.845 |
| Location quotient | 1.04 |
| Mean annual wage | $47,000 |
| Median annual wage | $43,340 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.6 |
| Median hourly wage | $20.84 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $30,200 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $35,920 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $53,670 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $67,530 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Missouri
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Missouri, 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 Missouri.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 57,870 | $40,350 | $44,200 | $27,800 | $62,190 | $19.4 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 56,190 | $41,850 | $45,000 | $30,320 | $62,130 | $20.12 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 36,350 | $40,250 | $42,980 | $29,200 | $58,800 | $19.35 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 24,710 | $62,260 | $67,080 | $40,250 | $96,630 | $29.93 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 22,700 | $46,990 | $51,050 | $34,320 | $69,850 | $22.59 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 18,390 | $35,170 | $35,850 | $28,040 | $45,560 | $16.91 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 13,850 | $40,910 | $43,520 | $31,420 | $59,090 | $19.67 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 11,600 | $42,030 | $43,000 | $32,940 | $56,260 | $20.21 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 9,550 | $56,940 | $60,310 | $36,570 | $86,160 | $27.37 |
| Tellers | 9,150 | $35,510 | $36,730 | $29,540 | $46,730 | $17.07 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 8,690 | $43,860 | $45,670 | $34,910 | $60,170 | $21.09 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 7,500 | $56,450 | $59,570 | $42,390 | $78,270 | $27.14 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 6,330 | $51,090 | $55,690 | $34,320 | $80,320 | $24.56 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 4,780 | $46,990 | $49,220 | $33,940 | $68,130 | $22.59 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 4,750 | $33,070 | $32,620 | $27,290 | $36,610 | $15.9 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 4,670 | $47,560 | $48,500 | $33,830 | $61,410 | $22.87 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 4,650 | $39,730 | $42,980 | $30,730 | $59,590 | $19.1 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 4,510 | $42,310 | $47,520 | $37,690 | $66,980 | $20.34 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 3,820 | $45,540 | $46,560 | $31,310 | $61,770 | $21.89 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 3,630 | $39,150 | $41,730 | $34,900 | $51,180 | $18.82 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 3,560 | $50,030 | $54,450 | $35,230 | $76,930 | $24.06 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 3,260 | $44,610 | $48,090 | $32,300 | $66,500 | $21.45 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 3,230 | $44,120 | $46,710 | $36,190 | $60,240 | $21.21 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 3,190 | $51,940 | $53,700 | $35,870 | $73,430 | $24.97 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 2,900 | $56,450 | $58,020 | $44,160 | $74,150 | $27.14 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 2,440 | $43,840 | $45,570 | $31,580 | $61,460 | $21.08 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,320 | $47,650 | $50,880 | $35,070 | $77,050 | $22.91 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 2,240 | $38,100 | $39,540 | $25,700 | $56,320 | $18.32 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 2,220 | $36,620 | $43,380 | $28,610 | $53,350 | $17.6 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,850 | $59,250 | $58,560 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.49 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,790 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,680 | $29,570 | $31,980 | $26,790 | $37,830 | $14.21 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 1,620 | $40,030 | $43,640 | $33,800 | $59,860 | $19.24 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,390 | $39,520 | $38,460 | $29,120 | $46,390 | $19 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,310 | $45,860 | $48,480 | $37,500 | $63,200 | $22.05 |
| Order Clerks | 1,280 | $41,970 | $44,950 | $30,620 | $58,280 | $20.18 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,180 | $38,170 | $38,580 | $30,180 | $48,600 | $18.35 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 1,010 | $40,390 | $40,990 | $31,270 | $48,500 | $19.42 |
| File Clerks | 970 | $37,230 | $41,200 | $27,390 | $58,600 | $17.9 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 930 | $45,840 | $44,940 | $33,640 | $56,620 | $22.04 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 880 | $35,640 | $36,870 | $29,950 | $44,820 | $17.14 |
| Procurement Clerks | 810 | $46,300 | $47,150 | $32,400 | $61,900 | $22.26 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 710 | $57,650 | $55,730 | $45,450 | $70,950 | $27.72 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 390 | $49,570 | $56,720 | $25,580 | $100,440 | $23.83 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 380 | $46,250 | $50,220 | $34,360 | $72,860 | $22.24 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 300 | $40,450 | $41,810 | $27,500 | $52,250 | $19.45 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 260 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 240 | $35,740 | $37,930 | $28,670 | $47,950 | $17.19 |
| Statistical Assistants | 150 | $55,580 | $59,000 | $40,360 | $78,310 | $26.72 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 80 | $47,700 | $48,470 | $32,620 | $61,300 | $22.93 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 70 | $41,320 | $41,720 | $33,050 | $51,090 | $19.87 |
| Desktop Publishers | 30 | $46,770 | $48,940 | $33,530 | $59,480 | $22.49 |
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=29&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 29 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 29 / 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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