Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Pennsylvania
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 703,240 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 116.93 |
| Location quotient | 0.99 |
| Mean annual wage | $48,410 |
| Median annual wage | $45,610 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.27 |
| Median hourly wage | $21.93 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $30,860 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $37,180 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $56,770 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $70,820 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Pennsylvania
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 118,680 | $43,600 | $44,630 | $28,640 | $61,720 | $20.96 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 102,100 | $43,080 | $45,870 | $29,940 | $65,690 | $20.71 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 72,610 | $44,740 | $44,980 | $30,920 | $60,290 | $21.51 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 61,960 | $63,990 | $68,490 | $43,590 | $97,090 | $30.76 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 54,580 | $47,390 | $49,510 | $33,060 | $69,610 | $22.78 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 37,080 | $36,030 | $36,340 | $25,410 | $46,940 | $17.32 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 31,970 | $44,990 | $45,310 | $31,370 | $59,590 | $21.63 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 26,270 | $42,990 | $43,440 | $35,670 | $53,220 | $20.67 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 16,840 | $45,900 | $48,290 | $35,880 | $63,270 | $22.07 |
| Tellers | 15,580 | $38,750 | $39,440 | $30,990 | $45,490 | $18.63 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 14,490 | $56,330 | $59,190 | $41,250 | $75,300 | $27.08 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 11,870 | $69,890 | $71,720 | $47,310 | $98,030 | $33.6 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 10,570 | $56,600 | $57,960 | $44,120 | $73,670 | $27.21 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 8,730 | $57,210 | $59,290 | $39,460 | $82,290 | $27.51 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 7,840 | $30,850 | $32,020 | $24,340 | $38,320 | $14.83 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 7,450 | $48,210 | $51,580 | $33,090 | $76,070 | $23.18 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 7,350 | $42,400 | $41,760 | $31,860 | $49,500 | $20.38 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 6,640 | $46,800 | $49,430 | $36,330 | $64,320 | $22.5 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 6,440 | $49,330 | $52,570 | $34,620 | $74,750 | $23.72 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 6,290 | $45,190 | $47,350 | $33,880 | $63,420 | $21.73 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 6,010 | $56,450 | $57,910 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.14 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 5,630 | $55,620 | $55,820 | $37,460 | $76,870 | $26.74 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 4,700 | $46,050 | $47,370 | $35,840 | $62,530 | $22.14 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 4,570 | $43,060 | $43,800 | $32,960 | $54,310 | $20.7 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 4,540 | $30,020 | $32,750 | $21,880 | $45,330 | $14.43 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 3,820 | $60,590 | $60,120 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.13 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 3,790 | $35,760 | $37,390 | $26,990 | $49,400 | $17.19 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 3,490 | $49,330 | $51,080 | $38,200 | $63,200 | $23.72 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 3,490 | $37,190 | $44,660 | $29,620 | $76,550 | $17.88 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 3,250 | $46,500 | $48,530 | $32,990 | $65,290 | $22.35 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 3,180 | $42,100 | $46,050 | $25,490 | $71,340 | $20.24 |
| Order Clerks | 3,150 | $46,020 | $46,320 | $34,020 | $61,040 | $22.13 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 3,050 | $37,590 | $37,590 | $29,060 | $46,430 | $18.07 |
| Procurement Clerks | 3,000 | $49,920 | $51,780 | $38,920 | $67,680 | $24 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 2,980 | $49,120 | $50,000 | $33,900 | $66,520 | $23.61 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 2,890 | $47,730 | $49,460 | $36,690 | $65,300 | $22.95 |
| File Clerks | 2,570 | $41,230 | $43,800 | $29,320 | $60,320 | $19.82 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 2,360 | $46,080 | $50,160 | $34,450 | $71,380 | $22.15 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 1,730 | $61,290 | $63,690 | $47,830 | $88,420 | $29.46 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 1,700 | $43,150 | $45,450 | $31,620 | $61,280 | $20.74 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 1,480 | $47,200 | $48,130 | $35,780 | $61,740 | $22.69 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 1,240 | $37,930 | $37,110 | $26,650 | $44,620 | $18.23 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 990 | $45,840 | $57,470 | $28,940 | $82,000 | $22.04 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 880 | $37,440 | $38,360 | $28,150 | $49,980 | $18 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 810 | $45,830 | $47,020 | $38,630 | $56,790 | $22.04 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 590 | $50,150 | $50,360 | $35,970 | $63,390 | $24.11 |
| Telephone Operators | 400 | $36,040 | $38,260 | $31,440 | $49,140 | $17.33 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 370 | $50,610 | $48,110 | $34,980 | $57,970 | $24.33 |
| Statistical Assistants | 320 | $47,840 | $48,260 | $39,500 | $59,130 | $23 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 270 | $37,380 | $38,300 | $29,890 | $49,890 | $17.97 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 270 | $45,510 | $47,540 | $35,450 | $61,460 | $21.88 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 180 | $46,710 | $47,920 | $34,770 | $64,860 | $22.46 |
| Desktop Publishers | 130 | * | * | * | * | * |
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=42&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 42 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 42 / 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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