Office and Administrative Support Occupations in South Carolina, 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 South Carolina. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in South Carolina
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 283,500 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 124.793 |
| Location quotient | 1.06 |
| Mean annual wage | $44,670 |
| Median annual wage | $41,210 |
| Mean hourly wage | $21.48 |
| Median hourly wage | $19.81 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $28,090 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $34,680 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $50,770 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $64,880 |
Detailed occupations in this group in South Carolina
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in South Carolina, 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 South Carolina.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 52,840 | $37,940 | $40,750 | $27,830 | $57,420 | $18.24 |
| Office Clerks, General | 45,700 | $36,980 | $38,980 | $21,300 | $58,230 | $17.78 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 27,450 | $41,720 | $42,780 | $29,460 | $57,740 | $20.06 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 22,390 | $63,040 | $67,220 | $41,420 | $97,450 | $30.31 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 21,850 | $46,300 | $47,780 | $29,480 | $65,970 | $22.26 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 14,510 | $40,510 | $42,440 | $29,960 | $57,280 | $19.47 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 12,310 | $34,950 | $35,050 | $24,600 | $45,520 | $16.8 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 10,180 | $38,760 | $40,740 | $31,320 | $50,700 | $18.63 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 6,440 | $42,730 | $43,150 | $31,870 | $54,120 | $20.54 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 6,080 | $53,230 | $58,550 | $37,440 | $86,370 | $25.59 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 5,850 | $29,250 | $30,090 | $22,540 | $37,440 | $14.06 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 5,540 | $55,930 | $59,240 | $42,390 | $83,740 | $26.89 |
| Tellers | 5,150 | $38,620 | $40,270 | $33,050 | $48,120 | $18.57 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 4,120 | $43,620 | $46,150 | $37,080 | $59,660 | $20.97 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 4,060 | $41,040 | $42,650 | $32,800 | $52,390 | $19.73 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 3,690 | $60,650 | $63,950 | $42,850 | $86,830 | $29.16 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 3,270 | $45,210 | $45,260 | $30,170 | $62,760 | $21.74 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 2,740 | $44,710 | $48,530 | $32,870 | $71,650 | $21.49 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 2,130 | $51,420 | $54,620 | $40,860 | $68,840 | $24.72 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,120 | $39,670 | $42,420 | $27,830 | $55,450 | $19.07 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,750 | $40,500 | $45,140 | $30,100 | $64,460 | $19.47 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 1,720 | $37,550 | $40,730 | $32,490 | $53,360 | $18.05 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 1,540 | $50,710 | $51,930 | $35,620 | $71,360 | $24.38 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 1,520 | $36,590 | $38,170 | $28,150 | $50,580 | $17.59 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,400 | $56,160 | $56,940 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,370 | $40,140 | $42,270 | $32,320 | $55,900 | $19.3 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,210 | $43,970 | $43,190 | $29,600 | $57,860 | $21.14 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 1,150 | $49,470 | $52,520 | $18,740 | $93,160 | $23.78 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 1,150 | $45,450 | $44,820 | $33,790 | $54,640 | $21.85 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,140 | $46,600 | $48,720 | $35,040 | $63,820 | $22.41 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 1,120 | $35,360 | $33,850 | $23,570 | $44,000 | $17 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 1,100 | $37,630 | $41,580 | $20,800 | $71,100 | $18.09 |
| File Clerks | 1,020 | $38,860 | $40,870 | $29,550 | $57,170 | $18.68 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,010 | $31,740 | $31,880 | $23,570 | $39,480 | $15.26 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 990 | $48,470 | $47,280 | $34,140 | $62,090 | $23.3 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 980 | $36,650 | $39,620 | $30,600 | $52,860 | $17.62 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 970 | $62,670 | $62,750 | $53,350 | $75,380 | $30.13 |
| Order Clerks | 830 | $40,560 | $42,630 | $31,220 | $54,750 | $19.5 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 630 | $33,640 | $34,460 | $29,070 | $40,120 | $16.18 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 530 | $33,140 | $34,150 | $25,210 | $45,830 | $15.93 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 410 | $47,200 | $48,200 | $34,200 | $66,560 | $22.69 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 340 | $38,820 | $38,620 | $25,690 | $50,300 | $18.66 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 260 | $53,390 | $56,580 | $26,260 | $67,910 | $25.67 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 260 | $48,880 | $46,370 | $19,060 | $60,990 | $23.5 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 200 | $41,540 | $42,390 | $35,180 | $50,770 | $19.97 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 140 | $36,890 | $38,120 | $27,870 | $51,190 | $17.74 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 100 | $44,310 | $47,640 | $36,050 | $71,000 | $21.3 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 70 | $39,940 | $41,450 | $36,570 | $44,870 | $19.2 |
| Telephone Operators | 70 | $36,160 | $40,500 | $31,070 | $52,220 | $17.39 |
| Desktop Publishers | 40 | $50,660 | $58,390 | $43,700 | $92,110 | $24.35 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 40 | $42,670 | $44,610 | $38,040 | $51,820 | $20.51 |
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=45&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 45 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 45 / 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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