Office and Administrative Support Occupations in New Mexico, 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 New Mexico. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in New Mexico
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 116,490 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 135.318 |
| Location quotient | 1.15 |
| Mean annual wage | $45,100 |
| Median annual wage | $41,600 |
| Mean hourly wage | $21.68 |
| Median hourly wage | $20 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $29,750 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $35,350 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $50,920 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $64,100 |
Detailed occupations in this group in New Mexico
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in New Mexico, 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 New Mexico.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 24,510 | $42,960 | $44,020 | $31,730 | $58,060 | $20.65 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 18,520 | $38,060 | $41,250 | $29,680 | $56,520 | $18.3 |
| Office Clerks, General | 14,270 | $36,310 | $38,030 | $27,390 | $50,560 | $17.46 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 8,720 | $46,610 | $48,300 | $33,110 | $64,720 | $22.41 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 8,120 | $60,820 | $63,230 | $39,520 | $87,620 | $29.24 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 5,370 | $34,320 | $34,920 | $26,350 | $45,080 | $16.5 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 4,210 | $37,240 | $40,000 | $30,120 | $54,790 | $17.9 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 3,770 | $41,810 | $43,410 | $34,700 | $56,640 | $20.1 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 3,130 | $71,930 | $72,320 | $51,600 | $86,320 | $34.58 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 2,830 | $28,770 | $30,010 | $26,720 | $35,390 | $13.83 |
| Tellers | 2,480 | $38,060 | $38,600 | $29,740 | $46,010 | $18.3 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 2,040 | $43,150 | $44,180 | $32,550 | $57,680 | $20.75 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 1,660 | $55,540 | $58,880 | $41,250 | $76,880 | $26.7 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,330 | $47,900 | $50,460 | $38,020 | $66,350 | $23.03 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 1,230 | $42,020 | $46,360 | $30,940 | $67,120 | $20.2 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,120 | $45,010 | $46,520 | $36,800 | $57,510 | $21.64 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 1,090 | $46,940 | $52,320 | $31,400 | $84,490 | $22.57 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,030 | $48,530 | $50,230 | $31,920 | $66,080 | $23.33 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 910 | $50,960 | $53,040 | $39,680 | $69,470 | $24.5 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 890 | $54,170 | $53,570 | $36,750 | $73,230 | $26.05 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 790 | $38,910 | $43,970 | $35,130 | $55,270 | $18.71 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 750 | $41,830 | $44,260 | $29,790 | $62,860 | $20.11 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 690 | $60,030 | $59,190 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $28.86 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 690 | $48,560 | $49,890 | $36,500 | $63,480 | $23.35 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 640 | $46,140 | $47,220 | $38,480 | $57,950 | $22.18 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 540 | $50,590 | $54,360 | $35,400 | $72,030 | $24.32 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 430 | $46,270 | $47,420 | $35,070 | $59,810 | $22.24 |
| Procurement Clerks | 430 | $49,000 | $50,070 | $35,920 | $65,840 | $23.56 |
| File Clerks | 420 | $36,860 | $39,110 | $25,700 | $50,450 | $17.72 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 410 | $44,960 | $43,440 | $29,560 | $51,840 | $21.61 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 410 | $55,410 | $57,210 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $26.64 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 370 | $36,790 | $36,120 | $28,200 | $42,960 | $17.69 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 360 | $40,140 | $47,310 | $35,060 | $67,970 | $19.3 |
| Order Clerks | 290 | $37,350 | $41,250 | $37,350 | $51,920 | $17.96 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 230 | $52,300 | $52,190 | $36,190 | $65,970 | $25.14 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 230 | $48,520 | $46,940 | $32,300 | $62,890 | $23.33 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 220 | $37,430 | $39,310 | $30,360 | $49,230 | $17.99 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 160 | $36,290 | $36,960 | $28,810 | $45,410 | $17.45 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 140 | $44,770 | $46,800 | $33,530 | $75,030 | $21.53 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 140 | $35,020 | $40,240 | $27,210 | $65,520 | $16.84 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 130 | $38,770 | $39,480 | $31,210 | $50,650 | $18.64 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 110 | $45,500 | $46,260 | $31,870 | $59,900 | $21.87 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 100 | $33,180 | $34,460 | $30,170 | $37,130 | $15.95 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 50 | $45,970 | $45,560 | $37,210 | $51,980 | $22.1 |
| Brokerage Clerks | ** | $59,100 | $57,470 | $49,600 | $72,440 | $28.41 |
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=35&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 35 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 35 / 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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