Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Oregon, 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 Oregon. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Oregon
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 223,500 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 113.702 |
| Location quotient | 0.96 |
| Mean annual wage | $52,310 |
| Median annual wage | $48,860 |
| Mean hourly wage | $25.15 |
| Median hourly wage | $23.49 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $36,190 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $41,640 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $59,870 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $72,320 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Oregon
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Oregon, 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 Oregon.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 28,240 | $48,360 | $49,910 | $35,360 | $65,860 | $23.25 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 23,260 | $49,950 | $52,890 | $36,400 | $70,300 | $24.01 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 23,250 | $50,180 | $52,920 | $37,400 | $70,810 | $24.12 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 22,940 | $46,280 | $47,580 | $35,350 | $62,180 | $22.25 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 15,530 | $49,570 | $52,380 | $40,040 | $63,350 | $23.83 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 14,180 | $39,800 | $41,150 | $32,700 | $49,090 | $19.13 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 12,860 | $68,730 | $71,930 | $47,140 | $99,840 | $33.05 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 12,400 | $45,780 | $47,860 | $35,750 | $63,230 | $22.01 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 6,540 | $70,300 | $74,450 | $53,670 | $96,420 | $33.8 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 6,270 | $51,060 | $52,830 | $39,830 | $66,540 | $24.55 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 5,600 | $48,270 | $48,530 | $33,280 | $63,520 | $23.21 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 4,350 | $36,270 | $37,090 | $31,430 | $44,510 | $17.44 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 4,050 | $49,400 | $51,420 | $36,910 | $68,090 | $23.75 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 3,810 | $56,330 | $58,780 | $42,390 | $75,300 | $27.08 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 3,430 | $49,190 | $54,430 | $37,610 | $76,130 | $23.65 |
| Tellers | 3,080 | $44,600 | $43,450 | $37,990 | $46,850 | $21.44 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 3,000 | $58,180 | $59,910 | $43,530 | $80,090 | $27.97 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 2,780 | $59,430 | $59,830 | $42,490 | $78,630 | $28.57 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,280 | $50,230 | $51,670 | $39,950 | $60,010 | $24.15 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,150 | $49,230 | $52,020 | $38,310 | $64,220 | $23.67 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 1,930 | $50,780 | $52,610 | $39,390 | $68,790 | $24.41 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,790 | $58,790 | $59,460 | $47,480 | $75,050 | $28.26 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 1,640 | $51,890 | $53,970 | $42,920 | $64,330 | $24.95 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 1,400 | $38,420 | $43,000 | $32,140 | $66,060 | $18.47 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,320 | $48,290 | $51,520 | $42,480 | $72,440 | $23.21 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,220 | $55,410 | $57,840 | $44,160 | $74,050 | $26.64 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 1,180 | $45,650 | $47,230 | $36,940 | $61,540 | $21.95 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,150 | $51,070 | $52,200 | $40,630 | $64,790 | $24.55 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 990 | $60,590 | $60,050 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.13 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 980 | $40,090 | $41,970 | $31,240 | $50,800 | $19.27 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 980 | $49,160 | $51,050 | $44,920 | $60,110 | $23.64 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 980 | $70,690 | $71,340 | $50,460 | $95,860 | $33.99 |
| File Clerks | 950 | $49,340 | $49,150 | $33,800 | $65,290 | $23.72 |
| Order Clerks | 940 | $48,530 | $50,120 | $39,450 | $63,200 | $23.33 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 900 | $55,590 | $58,240 | $43,740 | $80,690 | $26.73 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 840 | $52,530 | $54,770 | $38,240 | $73,080 | $25.25 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 770 | $41,870 | $42,550 | $34,110 | $50,620 | $20.13 |
| Procurement Clerks | 580 | $49,970 | $52,370 | $39,460 | $67,170 | $24.03 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 490 | $41,410 | $42,450 | $35,090 | $51,700 | $19.91 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 490 | $45,760 | $47,370 | $36,050 | $60,940 | $22 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 360 | $49,440 | $49,120 | $38,070 | $59,150 | $23.77 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 310 | $40,450 | $42,090 | $32,410 | $52,790 | $19.45 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 260 | $66,380 | $71,430 | $53,170 | $91,400 | $31.91 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 250 | $47,460 | $51,750 | $39,710 | $68,310 | $22.82 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 250 | $52,830 | $52,780 | $41,640 | $60,580 | $25.4 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 180 | $36,940 | $40,380 | $35,160 | $50,860 | $17.76 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 140 | $61,820 | $61,540 | $37,580 | $79,520 | $29.72 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 90 | $52,000 | $51,420 | $38,350 | $61,500 | $25 |
| Desktop Publishers | 60 | $61,020 | $64,410 | $46,700 | $88,170 | $29.34 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 40 | $53,090 | $52,540 | $40,890 | $60,660 | $25.52 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 30 | $38,600 | $40,670 | $31,840 | $51,050 | $18.56 |
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=41&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 41 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 41 / 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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