Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Tennessee
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 439,080 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 134.094 |
| Location quotient | 1.13 |
| Mean annual wage | $46,990 |
| Median annual wage | $43,830 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.59 |
| Median hourly wage | $21.07 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $29,630 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $35,720 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $53,700 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $69,060 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Tennessee
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 64,880 | $40,130 | $42,980 | $29,550 | $59,750 | $19.29 |
| Office Clerks, General | 52,550 | $37,170 | $40,010 | $24,760 | $58,250 | $17.87 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 51,330 | $64,760 | $70,050 | $41,500 | $103,080 | $31.13 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 40,360 | $46,540 | $48,150 | $32,870 | $64,020 | $22.37 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 35,410 | $43,370 | $44,230 | $28,950 | $61,200 | $20.85 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 31,780 | $38,630 | $41,060 | $30,170 | $54,550 | $18.57 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 19,070 | $40,400 | $42,620 | $31,450 | $54,670 | $19.42 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 15,360 | $33,970 | $34,280 | $24,570 | $44,730 | $16.33 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 13,060 | $49,660 | $53,860 | $36,040 | $79,340 | $23.88 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 9,950 | $43,600 | $44,510 | $33,530 | $59,230 | $20.96 |
| Tellers | 9,310 | $36,400 | $37,110 | $29,120 | $46,300 | $17.5 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 8,810 | $46,140 | $45,510 | $32,880 | $55,700 | $22.18 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 7,370 | $57,030 | $60,050 | $42,390 | $84,200 | $27.42 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 6,400 | $29,200 | $30,800 | $23,620 | $37,300 | $14.04 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 5,080 | $65,660 | $68,520 | $43,650 | $93,400 | $31.57 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 4,370 | $48,070 | $48,820 | $32,040 | $65,150 | $23.11 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 4,310 | $36,970 | $41,320 | $23,070 | $60,760 | $17.78 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 4,260 | $44,680 | $45,180 | $31,570 | $59,070 | $21.48 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 4,230 | $46,160 | $47,970 | $39,180 | $63,340 | $22.19 |
| Procurement Clerks | 4,090 | $37,580 | $42,120 | $37,300 | $54,380 | $18.07 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 3,690 | $43,290 | $45,170 | $31,280 | $63,510 | $20.81 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 3,440 | $44,280 | $44,630 | $29,890 | $61,210 | $21.29 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 3,290 | $46,740 | $46,960 | $35,050 | $60,570 | $22.47 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 3,240 | $50,140 | $51,780 | $36,970 | $69,130 | $24.11 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 3,040 | $54,370 | $55,730 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $26.14 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,780 | $44,920 | $46,060 | $32,170 | $60,850 | $21.6 |
| File Clerks | 2,750 | $41,970 | $43,200 | $27,870 | $59,390 | $20.18 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,150 | $39,170 | $39,360 | $26,620 | $48,060 | $18.83 |
| Order Clerks | 2,100 | $38,890 | $40,670 | $30,300 | $52,670 | $18.7 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 2,080 | $36,690 | $36,680 | $26,730 | $47,150 | $17.64 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 2,020 | $45,570 | $47,150 | $36,190 | $61,530 | $21.91 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 1,860 | $39,670 | $40,780 | $28,430 | $55,760 | $19.07 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,780 | $45,730 | $46,630 | $33,220 | $64,060 | $21.99 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,660 | $47,950 | $48,940 | $33,140 | $65,200 | $23.06 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,340 | $63,270 | $62,420 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $30.42 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,320 | $32,740 | $32,810 | $20,220 | $42,000 | $15.74 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 1,310 | $47,100 | $45,900 | $35,240 | $54,770 | $22.64 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 1,070 | $37,380 | $49,430 | $34,630 | $77,400 | $17.97 |
| Statistical Assistants | 1,010 | $51,150 | $52,260 | $24,910 | $75,240 | $24.59 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 990 | $34,580 | $34,950 | $22,820 | $44,710 | $16.63 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 870 | $33,280 | $32,970 | $24,590 | $40,320 | $16 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 720 | $38,450 | $44,700 | $28,080 | $70,710 | $18.49 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 620 | $48,580 | $49,320 | $46,510 | $53,650 | $23.35 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 420 | $61,300 | $60,650 | $41,150 | $76,940 | $29.47 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 320 | $59,990 | $62,380 | $37,910 | $89,990 | $28.84 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 320 | $35,390 | $36,550 | $26,940 | $50,270 | $17.01 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 250 | $51,580 | $51,430 | $39,040 | $62,500 | $24.8 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 120 | $39,370 | $39,180 | $30,490 | $48,640 | $18.93 |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 90 | $49,760 | $46,530 | $34,560 | $49,760 | $23.92 |
| Desktop Publishers | 80 | $42,940 | $47,120 | $28,550 | $54,520 | $20.64 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 80 | $36,190 | $37,310 | $22,350 | $51,440 | $17.4 |
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=47&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 47 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 47 / 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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