Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Virginia, 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 Virginia. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Virginia
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 425,580 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 104.702 |
| Location quotient | 0.89 |
| Mean annual wage | $49,710 |
| Median annual wage | $45,990 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.9 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.11 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $31,290 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $37,180 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $58,090 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $74,050 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Virginia
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Virginia, 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 Virginia.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 62,540 | $45,130 | $47,510 | $30,660 | $65,570 | $21.7 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 62,280 | $39,210 | $43,560 | $29,640 | $60,840 | $18.85 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 35,730 | $48,680 | $50,970 | $33,750 | $70,320 | $23.41 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 35,140 | $46,100 | $48,050 | $31,290 | $64,990 | $22.16 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 34,570 | $65,670 | $71,010 | $44,600 | $101,250 | $31.57 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 24,920 | $36,170 | $37,050 | $27,370 | $46,970 | $17.39 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 20,860 | $44,260 | $44,810 | $36,200 | $57,260 | $21.28 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 19,550 | $42,080 | $44,540 | $31,190 | $61,150 | $20.23 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 9,600 | $77,640 | $78,720 | $49,780 | $108,100 | $37.33 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 8,300 | $60,440 | $60,970 | $38,130 | $91,100 | $29.06 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 8,110 | $58,390 | $60,910 | $42,390 | $82,160 | $28.07 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 8,100 | $47,400 | $49,970 | $37,010 | $64,550 | $22.79 |
| Tellers | 7,940 | $43,340 | $42,380 | $34,800 | $49,450 | $20.84 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 7,030 | $30,770 | $32,310 | $28,280 | $37,380 | $14.8 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 5,400 | $46,890 | $51,140 | $35,060 | $72,710 | $22.54 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 5,350 | $50,800 | $56,130 | $35,360 | $79,900 | $24.42 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 5,050 | $50,910 | $54,270 | $35,970 | $72,680 | $24.47 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 4,890 | $46,710 | $49,530 | $35,490 | $63,450 | $22.46 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 4,440 | $42,620 | $45,940 | $37,040 | $59,670 | $20.49 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 4,300 | $50,690 | $50,590 | $31,200 | $70,570 | $24.37 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 3,830 | $50,930 | $53,550 | $38,630 | $72,370 | $24.49 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 3,760 | $44,710 | $46,060 | $30,040 | $64,420 | $21.49 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 3,000 | $38,130 | $41,430 | $31,740 | $55,120 | $18.33 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 2,930 | $48,450 | $51,540 | $37,170 | $72,310 | $23.29 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,850 | $39,070 | $40,040 | $29,660 | $49,470 | $18.78 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 2,850 | $55,240 | $55,070 | $36,350 | $74,410 | $26.56 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 2,830 | $46,440 | $52,690 | $37,540 | $78,380 | $22.33 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 2,800 | $51,010 | $56,390 | $30,090 | $75,660 | $24.52 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 2,760 | $38,380 | $41,570 | $31,080 | $54,000 | $18.45 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 2,660 | $56,450 | $57,460 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.14 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 2,240 | $50,480 | $52,140 | $38,240 | $66,620 | $24.27 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 2,190 | $61,110 | $60,700 | $42,600 | $75,380 | $29.38 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 2,160 | $37,120 | $38,610 | $28,320 | $48,730 | $17.85 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 1,630 | $51,100 | $50,070 | $36,230 | $62,380 | $24.57 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,550 | $34,260 | $37,270 | $24,960 | $55,230 | $16.47 |
| Order Clerks | 1,500 | $41,090 | $43,870 | $31,550 | $58,230 | $19.75 |
| File Clerks | 1,420 | $44,290 | $45,300 | $33,530 | $59,230 | $21.3 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,320 | $50,560 | $55,810 | $37,750 | $78,350 | $24.31 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 1,100 | $57,560 | $59,440 | $49,670 | $73,760 | $27.67 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 990 | $56,590 | $57,090 | $44,030 | $72,840 | $27.21 |
| Procurement Clerks | 960 | $52,310 | $52,360 | $37,400 | $65,230 | $25.15 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 660 | $37,260 | $43,540 | $27,110 | $83,200 | $17.91 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 460 | $53,870 | $58,330 | $37,310 | $75,710 | $25.9 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 430 | $45,370 | $49,090 | $32,170 | $69,420 | $21.81 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 430 | $44,410 | $45,470 | $36,590 | $56,010 | $21.35 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 360 | $39,020 | $40,870 | $30,510 | $54,600 | $18.76 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 170 | $47,430 | $49,910 | $35,350 | $60,460 | $22.8 |
| Desktop Publishers | 70 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Statistical Assistants | 40 | $52,000 | $54,540 | $40,630 | $80,500 | $25 |
| Correspondence Clerks | ** | $46,740 | $45,800 | $42,460 | $46,740 | $22.47 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | ** | $35,540 | $35,480 | $27,100 | $41,980 | $17.09 |
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=51&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 51 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 51 / 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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