Office and Administrative Support Occupations in South Dakota, 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 Dakota. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in South Dakota
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 53,950 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 119.117 |
| Location quotient | 1.01 |
| Mean annual wage | $43,260 |
| Median annual wage | $41,600 |
| Mean hourly wage | $20.8 |
| Median hourly wage | $20 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $30,490 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $36,000 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $48,580 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $57,710 |
Detailed occupations in this group in South Dakota
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in South Dakota, 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 Dakota.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 9,830 | $44,780 | $44,660 | $33,580 | $57,130 | $21.53 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 6,750 | $39,760 | $42,050 | $30,470 | $56,080 | $19.12 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 5,880 | $36,560 | $36,750 | $27,860 | $46,470 | $17.58 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 5,840 | $39,710 | $40,250 | $31,650 | $48,670 | $19.09 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 2,790 | $42,110 | $42,700 | $31,870 | $53,740 | $20.24 |
| Office Clerks, General | 1,980 | $36,850 | $37,540 | $28,280 | $49,240 | $17.72 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,760 | $29,790 | $31,110 | $27,630 | $36,380 | $14.32 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 1,730 | $59,230 | $60,380 | $40,500 | $80,770 | $28.47 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 1,660 | $44,930 | $44,810 | $37,230 | $54,000 | $21.6 |
| Tellers | 1,630 | $37,120 | $38,030 | $31,280 | $44,940 | $17.84 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 1,600 | $50,340 | $51,420 | $40,600 | $64,260 | $24.2 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 1,290 | $42,540 | $44,430 | $35,050 | $54,220 | $20.45 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 1,170 | $43,680 | $42,900 | $33,280 | $50,820 | $21 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 860 | $59,320 | $60,070 | $42,390 | $78,270 | $28.52 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 840 | $42,140 | $43,830 | $33,340 | $59,210 | $20.26 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 820 | $43,600 | $43,370 | $30,280 | $54,090 | $20.96 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 660 | $46,020 | $44,850 | $35,620 | $58,670 | $22.13 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 660 | $49,060 | $51,090 | $39,520 | $63,730 | $23.59 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 640 | $44,120 | $44,890 | $33,000 | $59,720 | $21.21 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 520 | $38,720 | $40,720 | $30,480 | $50,850 | $18.61 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 480 | $50,650 | $50,630 | $35,490 | $62,000 | $24.35 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 460 | $45,180 | $45,680 | $34,800 | $58,560 | $21.72 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 420 | $57,800 | $55,640 | $35,150 | $74,050 | $27.79 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 410 | $46,940 | $48,170 | $37,700 | $60,550 | $22.57 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 340 | $49,000 | $56,490 | $31,870 | $66,960 | $23.56 |
| Order Clerks | 300 | $45,900 | $45,160 | $35,600 | $55,800 | $22.07 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 260 | $43,170 | $42,930 | $36,210 | $53,110 | $20.76 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 240 | $68,400 | $68,990 | $51,570 | $82,910 | $32.89 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 230 | $59,550 | $60,810 | $45,990 | $74,050 | $28.63 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 220 | $41,570 | $44,100 | $33,320 | $55,560 | $19.99 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 210 | $36,980 | $36,560 | $29,110 | $44,050 | $17.78 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 210 | $35,910 | $37,110 | $30,510 | $46,880 | $17.26 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 190 | $31,760 | $33,470 | $27,010 | $41,780 | $15.27 |
| Procurement Clerks | 170 | $44,510 | $45,810 | $34,600 | $57,350 | $21.4 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 120 | $56,900 | $54,500 | $45,480 | $58,920 | $27.36 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 110 | $44,420 | $44,240 | $39,220 | $47,950 | $21.36 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 70 | $33,400 | $35,260 | $29,890 | $43,210 | $16.06 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 50 | $49,880 | $51,720 | $40,620 | $65,580 | $23.98 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 40 | $36,560 | $35,630 | $28,720 | $40,470 | $17.58 |
| Data Entry Keyers | ** | $38,140 | $37,390 | $30,100 | $40,230 | $18.34 |
| File Clerks | ** | $36,360 | $35,330 | $31,630 | $37,350 | $17.48 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | ** | $48,800 | $46,630 | $33,280 | $54,710 | $23.46 |
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=46&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 46 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 46 / 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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