Office and Administrative Support Occupations in North Carolina, 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 North Carolina. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in North Carolina
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 553,530 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 113.005 |
| Location quotient | 0.96 |
| Mean annual wage | $46,070 |
| Median annual wage | $43,620 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.15 |
| Median hourly wage | $20.97 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $29,600 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $36,120 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $52,310 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $65,370 |
Detailed occupations in this group in North Carolina
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in North Carolina, 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 North Carolina.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 91,980 | $39,530 | $42,540 | $28,860 | $59,090 | $19.01 |
| Office Clerks, General | 70,600 | $39,370 | $41,520 | $26,820 | $58,670 | $18.93 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 48,160 | $46,640 | $48,170 | $30,680 | $66,500 | $22.42 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 45,740 | $43,010 | $43,660 | $27,880 | $59,590 | $20.68 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 45,540 | $39,930 | $41,830 | $32,660 | $49,840 | $19.2 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 38,780 | $61,030 | $64,670 | $40,230 | $93,990 | $29.34 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 25,050 | $35,400 | $34,870 | $23,300 | $44,850 | $17.02 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 24,320 | $39,530 | $42,180 | $30,730 | $56,420 | $19 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 12,550 | $49,830 | $54,080 | $35,520 | $76,490 | $23.96 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 11,300 | $57,200 | $60,120 | $42,390 | $83,740 | $27.5 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 9,610 | $66,000 | $70,110 | $46,810 | $97,740 | $31.73 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 8,810 | $45,140 | $46,200 | $35,080 | $60,440 | $21.7 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 8,470 | $30,050 | $30,580 | $23,090 | $36,590 | $14.45 |
| Tellers | 7,790 | $42,990 | $42,820 | $35,280 | $53,340 | $20.67 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 7,780 | $48,530 | $51,090 | $32,350 | $69,700 | $23.33 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 7,420 | $46,330 | $46,490 | $36,870 | $60,360 | $22.28 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 7,110 | $46,570 | $49,940 | $37,550 | $66,390 | $22.39 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 5,430 | $47,180 | $49,700 | $33,700 | $69,980 | $22.68 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 5,300 | $45,770 | $45,930 | $26,530 | $63,020 | $22 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 4,870 | $48,140 | $50,400 | $36,860 | $69,320 | $23.14 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 4,580 | $50,100 | $52,090 | $36,400 | $68,880 | $24.09 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 4,460 | $43,830 | $46,450 | $29,410 | $69,100 | $21.07 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 4,110 | $38,580 | $39,720 | $30,100 | $49,710 | $18.55 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 4,070 | $54,700 | $55,800 | $42,350 | $74,050 | $26.3 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 4,060 | $40,870 | $41,790 | $33,670 | $50,260 | $19.65 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 3,910 | $39,230 | $40,430 | $20,800 | $59,840 | $18.86 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 3,780 | $52,740 | $53,220 | $34,570 | $76,820 | $25.36 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 3,760 | $38,260 | $39,110 | $29,680 | $48,520 | $18.39 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 3,710 | $46,880 | $48,190 | $35,930 | $62,660 | $22.54 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 3,640 | $44,370 | $44,640 | $36,470 | $57,040 | $21.33 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 3,620 | $52,000 | $52,880 | $33,450 | $74,640 | $25 |
| Order Clerks | 2,880 | $42,910 | $43,960 | $27,510 | $60,020 | $20.63 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 2,760 | $47,160 | $47,540 | $35,140 | $60,960 | $22.67 |
| File Clerks | 2,210 | $43,450 | $43,020 | $28,280 | $55,470 | $20.89 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 2,180 | $63,690 | $63,500 | $53,350 | $75,380 | $30.62 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 1,830 | $39,160 | $41,420 | $31,660 | $53,110 | $18.83 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 1,730 | $48,840 | $54,910 | $39,520 | $77,190 | $23.48 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,470 | $47,850 | $49,220 | $36,190 | $63,090 | $23 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,450 | $36,340 | $36,860 | $27,310 | $47,350 | $17.47 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,440 | $32,260 | $31,970 | $23,860 | $42,050 | $15.51 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 1,020 | $54,220 | $60,130 | $38,020 | $94,450 | $26.07 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 990 | $61,050 | $64,360 | $49,850 | $82,470 | $29.35 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 770 | $36,890 | $38,760 | $30,670 | $46,400 | $17.73 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 740 | $36,190 | $36,650 | $29,180 | $44,830 | $17.4 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 530 | $39,720 | $43,850 | $32,630 | $61,790 | $19.1 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 330 | $47,140 | $46,430 | $26,300 | $65,310 | $22.66 |
| Statistical Assistants | 320 | $45,990 | $47,400 | $36,560 | $57,660 | $22.11 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 130 | $47,960 | $50,100 | $36,190 | $72,490 | $23.06 |
| Desktop Publishers | 80 | $46,380 | $53,100 | $31,820 | $92,130 | $22.3 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 60 | $45,800 | $50,560 | $35,350 | $70,710 | $22.02 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 50 | $42,580 | $45,680 | $35,800 | $64,440 | $20.47 |
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=37&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 37 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 37 / 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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