Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Rhode Island
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 56,420 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 114.261 |
| Location quotient | 0.97 |
| Mean annual wage | $52,720 |
| Median annual wage | $48,660 |
| Mean hourly wage | $25.35 |
| Median hourly wage | $23.4 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $35,480 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $41,370 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $60,650 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $74,670 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Rhode Island
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 8,360 | $46,620 | $48,150 | $31,870 | $64,460 | $22.41 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 8,260 | $46,490 | $47,980 | $34,540 | $63,970 | $22.35 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 5,160 | $40,360 | $41,490 | $31,870 | $50,290 | $19.41 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 4,740 | $75,920 | $77,810 | $50,980 | $105,570 | $36.5 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 4,470 | $53,730 | $55,020 | $37,140 | $74,800 | $25.83 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 4,390 | $51,500 | $52,560 | $38,030 | $66,370 | $24.76 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 2,450 | $42,950 | $44,720 | $33,490 | $60,690 | $20.65 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,900 | $47,540 | $49,180 | $39,450 | $60,260 | $22.86 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 1,800 | $52,310 | $51,720 | $39,120 | $63,310 | $25.15 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 1,260 | $58,390 | $59,770 | $41,250 | $75,300 | $28.07 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 1,200 | $69,380 | $72,310 | $43,830 | $94,450 | $33.36 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 930 | $63,160 | $65,500 | $39,260 | $97,210 | $30.37 |
| Tellers | 930 | $43,190 | $43,410 | $39,070 | $48,060 | $20.76 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 820 | $62,680 | $60,570 | $44,780 | $72,740 | $30.13 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 770 | $58,560 | $59,060 | $47,190 | $76,640 | $28.16 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 690 | $37,500 | $37,160 | $29,470 | $45,270 | $18.03 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 660 | $50,740 | $54,610 | $43,680 | $68,150 | $24.4 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 660 | $52,670 | $50,730 | $35,550 | $65,300 | $25.32 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 640 | $47,130 | $52,340 | $34,940 | $80,580 | $22.66 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 630 | $57,490 | $59,150 | $44,160 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 510 | $35,080 | $36,870 | $29,210 | $48,990 | $16.86 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 430 | $50,420 | $52,660 | $40,070 | $71,540 | $24.24 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 420 | $52,580 | $57,060 | $43,420 | $76,310 | $25.28 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 420 | $60,590 | $59,090 | $50,280 | $62,020 | $29.13 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 400 | $54,540 | $54,530 | $43,590 | $63,320 | $26.22 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 290 | $46,290 | $46,990 | $33,530 | $61,370 | $22.25 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 290 | $59,500 | $60,090 | $40,230 | $79,760 | $28.61 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 270 | $60,030 | $60,140 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $28.86 |
| Procurement Clerks | 220 | $51,410 | $51,440 | $39,220 | $64,630 | $24.72 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 220 | $42,270 | $44,420 | $35,760 | $60,510 | $20.32 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 190 | $53,230 | $54,730 | $39,480 | $69,640 | $25.59 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 170 | $41,900 | $50,940 | $34,170 | $82,370 | $20.14 |
| Order Clerks | 160 | $48,080 | $49,780 | $45,580 | $57,490 | $23.11 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 160 | $51,360 | $51,200 | $45,400 | $61,380 | $24.69 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 150 | $38,420 | $41,500 | $35,760 | $51,150 | $18.47 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 140 | $55,370 | $55,730 | $41,290 | $70,640 | $26.62 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 140 | $38,350 | $41,100 | $32,870 | $54,810 | $18.44 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 120 | $42,390 | $43,480 | $34,600 | $53,760 | $20.38 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 100 | $56,170 | $59,400 | $46,200 | $69,990 | $27.01 |
| File Clerks | 90 | $48,440 | $47,090 | $31,430 | $62,590 | $23.29 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 40 | $57,500 | $61,730 | $41,560 | $82,140 | $27.64 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 40 | $48,370 | $59,170 | $48,370 | $84,480 | $23.25 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | ** | $51,990 | $55,890 | $33,280 | $81,240 | $25 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | ** | $61,970 | $59,120 | $39,380 | $82,720 | $29.79 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | ** | $35,720 | $42,760 | $29,120 | $68,020 | $17.17 |
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=44&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 44 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 44 / 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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