Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Texas, 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 Texas. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Texas
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 1,738,470 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 125.55 |
| Location quotient | 1.06 |
| Mean annual wage | $47,040 |
| Median annual wage | $43,650 |
| Mean hourly wage | $22.62 |
| Median hourly wage | $20.99 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $28,630 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $35,280 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $54,990 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $71,760 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Texas
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Texas, 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 Texas.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 330,540 | $39,100 | $42,050 | $28,550 | $58,410 | $18.8 |
| Office Clerks, General | 200,960 | $37,500 | $40,340 | $23,460 | $59,540 | $18.03 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 172,150 | $64,320 | $70,600 | $41,160 | $103,930 | $30.92 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 150,480 | $43,350 | $43,960 | $28,590 | $60,750 | $20.84 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 130,770 | $48,250 | $50,180 | $30,760 | $71,760 | $23.2 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 90,680 | $38,740 | $41,690 | $29,060 | $56,730 | $18.62 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 81,110 | $34,480 | $34,630 | $23,860 | $46,120 | $16.58 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 72,810 | $39,560 | $41,520 | $31,170 | $52,050 | $19.02 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 35,090 | $69,580 | $72,190 | $47,840 | $99,210 | $33.45 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 34,310 | $43,290 | $43,430 | $29,900 | $58,280 | $20.81 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 30,830 | $50,980 | $56,610 | $30,330 | $84,610 | $24.51 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 28,160 | $49,090 | $53,810 | $35,320 | $79,810 | $23.6 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 27,180 | $58,390 | $59,740 | $41,250 | $78,270 | $28.07 |
| Tellers | 26,390 | $37,190 | $37,780 | $29,040 | $46,540 | $17.88 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 24,180 | $45,880 | $49,440 | $30,990 | $73,860 | $22.06 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 23,420 | $29,230 | $30,430 | $21,900 | $37,180 | $14.05 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 20,940 | $49,180 | $51,030 | $36,380 | $66,000 | $23.64 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 20,800 | $44,200 | $45,450 | $30,640 | $62,640 | $21.25 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 20,450 | $46,550 | $50,300 | $32,330 | $76,690 | $22.38 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 19,950 | $37,180 | $38,980 | $27,030 | $55,860 | $17.87 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 17,760 | $41,780 | $44,140 | $23,140 | $66,080 | $20.09 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 17,080 | $43,350 | $45,580 | $30,180 | $62,300 | $20.84 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 14,130 | $51,990 | $52,950 | $34,820 | $73,080 | $25 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 14,030 | $46,030 | $45,670 | $34,120 | $58,950 | $22.13 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 13,440 | $43,660 | $46,470 | $35,900 | $60,940 | $20.99 |
| File Clerks | 12,820 | $37,400 | $39,360 | $24,870 | $59,460 | $17.98 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 12,570 | $40,380 | $40,650 | $25,030 | $55,900 | $19.41 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 9,900 | $49,150 | $54,370 | $35,290 | $80,740 | $23.63 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 9,460 | $46,580 | $48,940 | $33,500 | $69,060 | $22.39 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 7,660 | $48,410 | $49,060 | $35,950 | $62,130 | $23.28 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 7,430 | $57,490 | $59,080 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 6,300 | $45,470 | $45,660 | $25,650 | $64,440 | $21.86 |
| Order Clerks | 6,140 | $39,960 | $43,570 | $28,950 | $61,360 | $19.21 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 5,570 | $52,260 | $55,670 | $42,380 | $73,980 | $25.13 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 5,150 | $61,710 | $61,510 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $29.67 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 4,890 | $47,410 | $46,820 | $30,630 | $59,790 | $22.8 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 4,380 | $37,310 | $37,100 | $27,570 | $45,790 | $17.94 |
| Procurement Clerks | 4,270 | $46,840 | $48,120 | $34,530 | $63,380 | $22.52 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 4,210 | $37,010 | $37,140 | $26,510 | $46,920 | $17.79 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 4,180 | $38,970 | $41,550 | $33,120 | $52,160 | $18.74 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 2,860 | $31,780 | $33,240 | $24,860 | $44,640 | $15.28 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 2,840 | $58,120 | $59,590 | $45,970 | $74,270 | $27.94 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 2,340 | $28,750 | $29,360 | $20,120 | $38,780 | $13.82 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 2,150 | $34,050 | $34,520 | $18,000 | $47,680 | $16.37 |
| Correspondence Clerks | 1,540 | $43,750 | $47,910 | $35,780 | $64,690 | $21.04 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 1,280 | $40,050 | $44,610 | $30,100 | $62,080 | $19.26 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 920 | $58,770 | $56,660 | $38,410 | $72,770 | $28.26 |
| Telephone Operators | 640 | $36,800 | $40,830 | $34,620 | $55,280 | $17.69 |
| Desktop Publishers | 410 | $47,940 | $52,100 | $29,980 | $73,930 | $23.05 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 390 | $40,890 | $44,580 | $23,260 | $86,850 | $19.66 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 200 | $49,990 | $49,510 | $31,190 | $65,240 | $24.03 |
| Statistical Assistants | 110 | $61,000 | $59,800 | $20,900 | $95,670 | $29.33 |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 80 | $55,880 | $56,080 | $43,820 | $65,050 | $26.87 |
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=48&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 48 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 48 / 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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