Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Montana, 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 Montana. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Montana
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 59,530 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 116.725 |
| Location quotient | 0.99 |
| Mean annual wage | $46,150 |
| Median annual wage | $44,120 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.19 |
| Median hourly wage | $21.21 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $31,840 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $37,340 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $51,630 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $62,400 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Montana
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Montana, 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 Montana.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 11,350 | $44,100 | $45,440 | $31,060 | $61,690 | $21.2 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 7,670 | $45,600 | $46,630 | $32,780 | $61,460 | $21.92 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 4,920 | $43,820 | $44,020 | $30,640 | $58,860 | $21.07 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 4,050 | $39,870 | $41,950 | $33,970 | $49,780 | $19.17 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 3,970 | $60,560 | $64,100 | $41,500 | $92,520 | $29.12 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 3,830 | $41,720 | $42,910 | $32,150 | $56,100 | $20.06 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 2,480 | $35,160 | $35,340 | $29,920 | $43,760 | $16.9 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 1,760 | $45,360 | $45,610 | $35,860 | $58,070 | $21.81 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 1,710 | $41,150 | $42,920 | $31,910 | $56,400 | $19.78 |
| Tellers | 1,610 | $37,640 | $38,680 | $33,530 | $45,110 | $18.1 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 1,490 | $35,360 | $34,950 | $26,170 | $43,630 | $17 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,270 | $46,510 | $46,910 | $36,980 | $58,820 | $22.36 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,150 | $44,460 | $44,430 | $34,470 | $59,330 | $21.38 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 830 | $56,330 | $59,170 | $42,390 | $76,790 | $27.08 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 800 | $46,420 | $51,320 | $34,050 | $73,640 | $22.32 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 750 | $47,840 | $48,780 | $39,830 | $59,220 | $23 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 660 | $48,140 | $52,430 | $36,670 | $75,250 | $23.14 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 630 | $43,230 | $45,570 | $33,680 | $57,660 | $20.78 |
| File Clerks | 600 | $36,160 | $36,300 | $24,290 | $48,790 | $17.39 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 570 | $59,780 | $55,880 | $40,250 | $61,620 | $28.74 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 550 | $48,440 | $48,950 | $38,210 | $60,080 | $23.29 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 540 | $50,270 | $51,870 | $38,120 | $66,500 | $24.17 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 540 | $37,610 | $41,610 | $29,310 | $63,350 | $18.08 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 520 | $57,870 | $55,910 | $35,150 | $74,050 | $27.82 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 490 | $60,050 | $61,570 | $41,340 | $82,380 | $28.87 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 470 | $43,120 | $44,490 | $35,720 | $57,950 | $20.73 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 440 | $49,920 | $51,870 | $38,000 | $73,110 | $24 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 410 | $45,830 | $46,520 | $28,950 | $60,260 | $22.03 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 380 | $39,750 | $41,310 | $31,200 | $51,990 | $19.11 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 380 | $42,180 | $43,010 | $37,340 | $48,470 | $20.28 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 380 | $40,920 | $41,380 | $24,870 | $63,830 | $19.67 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 330 | $60,660 | $61,160 | $40,140 | $83,670 | $29.17 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 310 | $44,680 | $43,760 | $25,540 | $53,000 | $21.48 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 270 | $57,490 | $58,760 | $44,160 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Procurement Clerks | 230 | $45,970 | $47,030 | $34,760 | $60,440 | $22.1 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 170 | $47,710 | $48,210 | $37,810 | $62,700 | $22.94 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 170 | $37,570 | $38,350 | $29,850 | $47,370 | $18.06 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 160 | $48,710 | $48,820 | $37,660 | $63,340 | $23.42 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 160 | $41,260 | $41,540 | $32,060 | $49,010 | $19.84 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 150 | $36,410 | $37,750 | $22,900 | $54,910 | $17.5 |
| Order Clerks | 100 | $46,490 | $44,480 | $34,480 | $51,360 | $22.35 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 70 | $32,270 | $34,630 | $27,580 | $43,970 | $15.51 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 50 | $38,780 | $38,840 | $32,440 | $48,380 | $18.64 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 40 | $66,160 | $64,820 | $43,940 | $77,880 | $31.81 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 40 | $41,880 | $40,550 | $32,650 | $47,450 | $20.14 |
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=30&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 30 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 30 / OCC_CODE 43-xxxx. Reference period: May 2024. Fetched October 2026 from https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm24st.zip.
← Montana · Office and Administrative Support Occupations by area