Office and Administrative Support Occupations in North Dakota, 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 Dakota. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in North Dakota
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 46,660 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 110.03 |
| Location quotient | 0.93 |
| Mean annual wage | $49,670 |
| Median annual wage | $46,910 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.88 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.56 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $33,690 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $38,350 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $57,870 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $69,570 |
Detailed occupations in this group in North Dakota
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in North Dakota, 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 Dakota.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 8,950 | $48,900 | $52,730 | $35,250 | $73,740 | $23.51 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 6,470 | $43,160 | $46,090 | $33,120 | $63,860 | $20.75 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 6,070 | $45,490 | $44,890 | $30,510 | $58,930 | $21.87 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 4,060 | $48,260 | $50,070 | $36,660 | $64,770 | $23.2 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 2,060 | $37,480 | $38,500 | $27,380 | $48,730 | $18.02 |
| Tellers | 1,990 | $39,060 | $41,540 | $36,330 | $48,080 | $18.78 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 1,950 | $64,790 | $69,740 | $41,950 | $99,790 | $31.15 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 1,740 | $45,200 | $47,440 | $34,270 | $63,110 | $21.73 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 1,730 | $55,760 | $59,060 | $38,610 | $81,930 | $26.81 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,660 | $33,840 | $33,060 | $29,330 | $36,430 | $16.27 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 960 | $44,040 | $44,360 | $36,400 | $57,530 | $21.17 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 840 | $50,470 | $53,790 | $44,060 | $64,590 | $24.26 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 830 | $57,490 | $58,990 | $42,390 | $75,520 | $27.64 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 670 | $57,940 | $60,930 | $39,240 | $92,720 | $27.86 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 610 | $48,720 | $51,380 | $38,170 | $63,350 | $23.42 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 520 | $49,100 | $52,420 | $38,490 | $71,310 | $23.61 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 470 | $52,190 | $56,690 | $42,460 | $77,220 | $25.09 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 470 | $49,730 | $52,960 | $41,290 | $65,960 | $23.91 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 430 | $60,170 | $64,850 | $41,770 | $88,190 | $28.93 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 390 | $57,800 | $62,920 | $46,740 | $87,050 | $27.79 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 350 | $57,140 | $55,340 | $35,150 | $74,050 | $27.47 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 320 | $53,460 | $52,150 | $36,120 | $65,210 | $25.7 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 310 | $38,500 | $42,640 | $31,270 | $59,100 | $18.51 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 290 | $58,580 | $58,670 | $44,140 | $74,340 | $28.17 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 290 | $52,770 | $53,980 | $45,850 | $64,410 | $25.37 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 260 | $50,650 | $53,060 | $39,230 | $67,500 | $24.35 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 250 | $48,010 | $64,590 | $31,870 | $128,650 | $23.08 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 250 | $58,780 | $60,220 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.26 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 230 | $56,510 | $55,370 | $40,650 | $70,810 | $27.17 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 200 | $33,840 | $35,340 | $33,440 | $36,990 | $16.27 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 150 | $37,220 | $38,700 | $33,680 | $45,200 | $17.9 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 130 | $28,100 | $32,630 | $23,760 | $51,010 | $13.51 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 100 | $51,460 | $55,970 | $43,680 | $72,680 | $24.74 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 100 | $50,020 | $50,210 | $39,980 | $61,230 | $24.05 |
| Procurement Clerks | 80 | $49,000 | $51,000 | $32,870 | $63,730 | $23.56 |
| File Clerks | 70 | $41,900 | $44,720 | $34,830 | $52,030 | $20.14 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 60 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 60 | $44,540 | $44,580 | $30,810 | $56,930 | $21.41 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 50 | $36,400 | $40,270 | $33,230 | $49,930 | $17.5 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 40 | $40,400 | $40,990 | $22,410 | $60,420 | $19.43 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 30 | $54,820 | $55,540 | $46,400 | $65,860 | $26.36 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 30 | $36,330 | $48,580 | $34,370 | $75,990 | $17.47 |
| Brokerage Clerks | ** | $73,330 | $69,800 | $43,590 | $96,160 | $35.26 |
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=38&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 38 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 38 / 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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