Office and Administrative Support Occupations in West 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 West Virginia. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in West Virginia
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 82,510 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 117.62 |
| Location quotient | 1 |
| Mean annual wage | $41,590 |
| Median annual wage | $38,120 |
| Mean hourly wage | $20 |
| Median hourly wage | $18.33 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $26,860 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $31,230 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $47,960 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $60,120 |
Detailed occupations in this group in West Virginia
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in West 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 West Virginia.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 10,950 | $34,150 | $35,680 | $23,570 | $49,250 | $16.42 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 9,850 | $37,610 | $41,180 | $26,540 | $57,780 | $18.08 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 8,970 | $38,730 | $40,900 | $28,550 | $57,190 | $18.62 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 7,920 | $40,080 | $42,120 | $28,980 | $57,130 | $19.27 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 7,090 | $51,700 | $55,660 | $35,170 | $81,980 | $24.86 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 5,690 | $30,570 | $31,710 | $22,370 | $40,140 | $14.7 |
| Tellers | 2,570 | $31,200 | $32,720 | $27,740 | $39,000 | $15 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 2,510 | $39,740 | $42,040 | $29,760 | $57,460 | $19.11 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 2,370 | $40,050 | $42,900 | $29,740 | $59,980 | $19.25 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,020 | $34,240 | $34,700 | $27,930 | $42,650 | $16.46 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 1,830 | $55,540 | $58,660 | $42,390 | $79,560 | $26.7 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,760 | $37,660 | $39,950 | $30,640 | $50,120 | $18.11 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,730 | $26,590 | $26,690 | $21,430 | $34,250 | $12.78 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 1,640 | $36,120 | $37,470 | $25,290 | $49,570 | $17.36 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,280 | $46,940 | $46,340 | $30,710 | $58,720 | $22.57 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 1,240 | $38,890 | $42,030 | $31,580 | $56,800 | $18.7 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 910 | $61,630 | $58,480 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.63 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 890 | $57,310 | $61,670 | $35,080 | $90,310 | $27.56 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 860 | $38,650 | $40,220 | $28,930 | $51,850 | $18.58 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 800 | $53,680 | $59,190 | $38,880 | $84,060 | $25.81 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 750 | $42,080 | $43,750 | $28,640 | $59,340 | $20.23 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 660 | $35,700 | $36,830 | $27,380 | $48,100 | $17.17 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 660 | $38,770 | $40,930 | $30,810 | $54,640 | $18.64 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 650 | $47,090 | $47,500 | $27,110 | $65,180 | $22.64 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 580 | $38,810 | $42,400 | $31,050 | $55,910 | $18.66 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 550 | $35,720 | $39,600 | $23,410 | $63,960 | $17.17 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 510 | $49,650 | $49,740 | $35,420 | $67,000 | $23.87 |
| Procurement Clerks | 500 | $43,590 | $44,800 | $32,570 | $60,530 | $20.96 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 470 | $39,220 | $40,310 | $32,030 | $48,510 | $18.86 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 460 | $39,780 | $42,040 | $30,680 | $51,780 | $19.12 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 460 | $57,490 | $58,090 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 430 | $32,380 | $33,220 | $21,560 | $45,970 | $15.57 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 400 | $60,230 | $58,920 | $31,580 | $78,390 | $28.96 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 290 | $37,260 | $34,350 | $23,960 | $39,250 | $17.91 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 290 | $47,530 | $49,100 | $37,010 | $61,530 | $22.85 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 280 | $30,420 | $31,020 | $23,820 | $44,110 | $14.63 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 240 | $26,300 | $30,210 | $22,350 | $40,810 | $12.64 |
| File Clerks | 230 | $35,110 | $36,420 | $22,350 | $50,970 | $16.88 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 180 | $38,050 | $37,800 | $29,380 | $47,720 | $18.29 |
| Order Clerks | 170 | $44,160 | $46,160 | $26,760 | $70,770 | $21.23 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 150 | $34,600 | $33,840 | $24,830 | $44,060 | $16.63 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 130 | $34,590 | $37,240 | $29,660 | $48,830 | $16.63 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 100 | $32,870 | $35,760 | $27,870 | $44,130 | $15.8 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 80 | $33,780 | $33,630 | $27,120 | $40,090 | $16.24 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 60 | $44,720 | $43,170 | $29,120 | $60,230 | $21.5 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 60 | * | * | * | * | * |
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=54&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 54 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 54 / 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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