Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Ohio, 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 Ohio. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Ohio
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 623,970 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 112.909 |
| Location quotient | 0.96 |
| Mean annual wage | $48,030 |
| Median annual wage | $45,540 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.09 |
| Median hourly wage | $21.89 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $31,200 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $37,390 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $55,740 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $68,370 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Ohio
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Ohio, 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 Ohio.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 90,710 | $43,510 | $44,950 | $30,520 | $60,790 | $20.92 |
| Office Clerks, General | 88,120 | $43,230 | $44,990 | $29,100 | $62,250 | $20.79 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 53,690 | $45,420 | $46,540 | $31,190 | $62,200 | $21.84 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 48,280 | $47,430 | $49,300 | $34,330 | $65,720 | $22.8 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 44,510 | $62,820 | $66,880 | $41,600 | $96,020 | $30.2 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 35,620 | $42,770 | $44,400 | $34,360 | $58,910 | $20.56 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 30,880 | $35,210 | $35,020 | $24,590 | $45,590 | $16.93 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 29,970 | $41,980 | $43,360 | $35,760 | $53,870 | $20.19 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 17,890 | $45,240 | $45,930 | $35,220 | $58,660 | $21.75 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 16,740 | $56,660 | $58,350 | $38,910 | $80,420 | $27.24 |
| Tellers | 15,200 | $42,990 | $42,140 | $35,440 | $48,400 | $20.67 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 13,070 | $57,490 | $59,930 | $42,390 | $75,960 | $27.64 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 11,680 | $47,910 | $51,970 | $38,590 | $67,600 | $23.03 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 11,040 | $66,270 | $69,480 | $46,580 | $96,320 | $31.86 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 9,590 | $46,890 | $48,550 | $33,470 | $66,520 | $22.54 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 8,660 | $44,400 | $45,340 | $31,630 | $60,100 | $21.35 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 7,400 | $40,100 | $42,790 | $34,970 | $54,680 | $19.28 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 6,480 | $49,370 | $50,490 | $37,310 | $62,400 | $23.74 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 6,090 | $29,760 | $30,460 | $23,260 | $35,540 | $14.31 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 6,010 | $49,050 | $52,150 | $33,990 | $74,870 | $23.58 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 5,690 | $51,460 | $53,560 | $36,620 | $72,950 | $24.74 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 5,450 | $39,810 | $41,120 | $28,890 | $53,400 | $19.14 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 5,170 | $46,710 | $49,340 | $31,200 | $72,990 | $22.46 |
| Order Clerks | 4,700 | $44,780 | $45,840 | $32,220 | $61,620 | $21.53 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 4,490 | $56,770 | $54,480 | $38,590 | $67,110 | $27.3 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 4,220 | $31,350 | $32,970 | $22,820 | $46,180 | $15.07 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 4,170 | $55,850 | $57,420 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $26.85 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 4,080 | $48,100 | $52,100 | $38,540 | $68,430 | $23.13 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 3,740 | $47,900 | $53,220 | $38,060 | $74,730 | $23.03 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 2,820 | $42,980 | $45,130 | $21,810 | $69,960 | $20.67 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 2,760 | $47,610 | $51,890 | $40,530 | $69,190 | $22.89 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 2,730 | $49,040 | $50,300 | $36,450 | $64,330 | $23.58 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 2,570 | $61,630 | $61,090 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.63 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 2,270 | $44,640 | $45,570 | $32,390 | $60,280 | $21.46 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 2,210 | $46,470 | $49,300 | $37,120 | $63,020 | $22.34 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 2,150 | $37,960 | $39,330 | $29,720 | $48,570 | $18.25 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 2,080 | $37,680 | $38,110 | $30,550 | $44,960 | $18.11 |
| File Clerks | 1,920 | $42,620 | $46,210 | $29,400 | $62,870 | $20.49 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,780 | $46,180 | $47,990 | $35,840 | $60,050 | $22.2 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 1,680 | $46,930 | $51,110 | $38,390 | $69,380 | $22.56 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 1,390 | $41,940 | $49,580 | $35,260 | $78,250 | $20.16 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 920 | $61,680 | $63,610 | $48,360 | $80,920 | $29.65 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 800 | $36,490 | $36,560 | $28,960 | $43,700 | $17.54 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 580 | $40,340 | $41,650 | $28,970 | $54,880 | $19.39 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 450 | $35,880 | $47,610 | $22,190 | $92,100 | $17.25 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 410 | $52,270 | $54,890 | $43,280 | $65,520 | $25.13 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 370 | $46,640 | $46,660 | $33,990 | $57,670 | $22.42 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 190 | $46,030 | $47,060 | $37,440 | $57,150 | $22.13 |
| Telephone Operators | 190 | $38,110 | $38,170 | $30,090 | $44,440 | $18.32 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 130 | $48,180 | $51,070 | $37,850 | $66,640 | $23.16 |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 80 | $46,090 | $47,520 | $40,560 | $60,530 | $22.16 |
| Statistical Assistants | 70 | $50,820 | $61,120 | $34,150 | $89,380 | $24.44 |
| Desktop Publishers | 50 | $45,130 | $48,360 | $27,470 | $75,240 | $21.7 |
| Correspondence Clerks | ** | $48,890 | $48,980 | $39,230 | $57,350 | $23.51 |
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=39&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 39 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 39 / 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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