Office and Administrative Support Occupations in New York, 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 York. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in New York
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 1,157,710 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 121.329 |
| Location quotient | 1.03 |
| Mean annual wage | $57,030 |
| Median annual wage | $50,680 |
| Mean hourly wage | $27.42 |
| Median hourly wage | $24.37 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $35,820 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $41,600 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $65,130 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $83,850 |
Detailed occupations in this group in New York
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in New York, 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 York.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 145,100 | $47,840 | $52,610 | $35,480 | $77,170 | $23 |
| Office Clerks, General | 133,060 | $44,620 | $47,700 | $33,280 | $65,390 | $21.45 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 127,620 | $49,200 | $51,190 | $36,990 | $64,880 | $23.65 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 93,920 | $55,880 | $57,950 | $38,010 | $80,130 | $26.87 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 88,830 | $80,490 | $86,000 | $60,880 | $122,150 | $38.7 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 82,420 | $77,230 | $82,030 | $51,990 | $121,020 | $37.13 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 76,590 | $41,570 | $43,430 | $34,130 | $56,040 | $19.99 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 40,520 | $59,800 | $62,910 | $41,060 | $87,520 | $28.75 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 34,170 | $48,090 | $49,390 | $38,100 | $60,950 | $23.12 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 32,070 | $45,850 | $48,400 | $35,060 | $66,790 | $22.04 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 31,720 | $51,620 | $56,470 | $39,150 | $76,700 | $24.82 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 21,000 | $58,390 | $60,250 | $41,250 | $75,300 | $28.07 |
| Tellers | 17,420 | $44,040 | $43,810 | $36,450 | $50,490 | $21.17 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 15,430 | $74,400 | $71,310 | $38,650 | $103,380 | $35.77 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 12,870 | $47,320 | $50,810 | $35,710 | $68,420 | $22.75 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 11,580 | $54,230 | $60,640 | $37,590 | $97,190 | $26.07 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 11,570 | $51,990 | $52,840 | $39,010 | $67,100 | $25 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 11,510 | $51,940 | $59,690 | $35,480 | $102,780 | $24.97 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 10,150 | $38,870 | $46,910 | $34,090 | $76,820 | $18.69 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 9,930 | $51,810 | $56,740 | $45,990 | $75,000 | $24.91 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 9,890 | $42,990 | $45,770 | $31,870 | $62,680 | $20.67 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 9,170 | $57,490 | $59,030 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 9,040 | $60,600 | $62,690 | $43,010 | $84,630 | $29.14 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 8,740 | $47,710 | $52,560 | $36,260 | $74,070 | $22.94 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 7,530 | $39,780 | $44,310 | $34,480 | $57,990 | $19.13 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 7,480 | $57,620 | $59,250 | $44,990 | $78,520 | $27.7 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 7,470 | $53,250 | $55,270 | $38,030 | $73,700 | $25.6 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 6,810 | $36,180 | $39,670 | $31,270 | $51,410 | $17.39 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 6,300 | $41,460 | $46,810 | $35,790 | $74,580 | $19.94 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 5,930 | $57,230 | $62,040 | $39,420 | $91,080 | $27.51 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 5,660 | $41,530 | $43,560 | $32,880 | $57,160 | $19.97 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 5,640 | $75,990 | $84,030 | $53,880 | $128,760 | $36.54 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 5,620 | $59,440 | $61,070 | $44,230 | $79,960 | $28.58 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 5,480 | $61,630 | $61,870 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.63 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 4,650 | $56,300 | $58,440 | $40,930 | $79,220 | $27.07 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 4,480 | $49,260 | $52,690 | $43,610 | $65,580 | $23.68 |
| File Clerks | 4,450 | $43,060 | $45,200 | $33,770 | $57,520 | $20.7 |
| Order Clerks | 3,610 | $47,010 | $48,560 | $34,160 | $63,140 | $22.6 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 3,270 | $50,210 | $51,510 | $31,850 | $67,370 | $24.14 |
| Procurement Clerks | 2,870 | $51,910 | $52,970 | $37,720 | $69,690 | $24.96 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 2,480 | $40,880 | $44,960 | $33,210 | $62,260 | $19.65 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 2,090 | $47,600 | $49,580 | $36,720 | $61,760 | $22.89 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 2,070 | $45,030 | $49,450 | $36,250 | $78,470 | $21.65 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 2,040 | $49,840 | $54,230 | $38,000 | $76,600 | $23.96 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 1,230 | $54,380 | $60,830 | $35,360 | $85,830 | $26.14 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 870 | $69,050 | $73,340 | $41,400 | $116,540 | $33.2 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 680 | $52,090 | $56,480 | $41,210 | $78,510 | $25.04 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 600 | $47,660 | $51,190 | $36,810 | $65,970 | $22.91 |
| Desktop Publishers | 490 | $65,740 | $72,780 | $45,100 | $113,570 | $31.61 |
| Statistical Assistants | 490 | $64,190 | $66,530 | $46,600 | $92,170 | $30.86 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 360 | $46,530 | $45,040 | $31,300 | $54,590 | $22.37 |
| Telephone Operators | 350 | $53,510 | $57,670 | $38,420 | $78,060 | $25.72 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | ** | $31,650 | $36,430 | $31,650 | $51,540 | $15.22 |
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=36&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 36 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 36 / 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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