Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.
The group’s own figures in Wisconsin
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupation group code | 43-0000 |
| Employment | 341,860 |
| Jobs per 1,000 | 116.94 |
| Location quotient | 0.99 |
| Mean annual wage | $48,800 |
| Median annual wage | $46,540 |
| Mean hourly wage | $23.46 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.38 |
| 10th percentile annual wage | $32,760 |
| 25th percentile annual wage | $38,470 |
| 75th percentile annual wage | $56,280 |
| 90th percentile annual wage | $67,240 |
Detailed occupations in this group in Wisconsin
Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin.
| Occupation | Employment | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | 10th percentile annual wage | 90th percentile annual wage | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 55,100 | $45,980 | $47,290 | $31,500 | $63,150 | $22.1 |
| Office Clerks, General | 52,520 | $43,480 | $43,960 | $27,680 | $61,140 | $20.9 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 29,290 | $46,540 | $47,140 | $35,580 | $60,510 | $22.37 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 29,050 | $48,860 | $49,710 | $34,930 | $63,430 | $23.49 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 26,880 | $39,750 | $39,870 | $28,290 | $49,030 | $19.11 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 25,200 | $66,800 | $71,430 | $45,310 | $101,340 | $32.12 |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 19,350 | $45,930 | $46,590 | $34,970 | $60,270 | $22.08 |
| Tellers | 9,420 | $39,010 | $40,630 | $35,750 | $46,680 | $18.75 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 9,030 | $47,180 | $48,200 | $37,980 | $59,890 | $22.68 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 8,920 | $55,230 | $56,940 | $39,950 | $77,620 | $26.55 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | 6,610 | $57,470 | $60,140 | $42,390 | $80,080 | $27.63 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 5,800 | $46,880 | $47,690 | $39,490 | $55,880 | $22.54 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 4,910 | $33,850 | $33,050 | $28,720 | $36,840 | $16.28 |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 4,900 | $48,020 | $48,540 | $36,970 | $60,280 | $23.09 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 4,670 | $49,330 | $51,260 | $37,630 | $62,750 | $23.71 |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 4,430 | $66,260 | $67,960 | $47,790 | $91,080 | $31.86 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 3,350 | $49,770 | $52,080 | $31,870 | $75,590 | $23.93 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 3,190 | $47,840 | $50,100 | $30,820 | $65,740 | $23 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 2,910 | $55,430 | $56,310 | $40,780 | $73,830 | $26.65 |
| Data Entry Keyers | 2,610 | $38,740 | $41,620 | $27,330 | $56,840 | $18.63 |
| Bill and Account Collectors | 2,300 | $48,650 | $50,110 | $36,560 | $63,160 | $23.39 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 2,140 | $34,800 | $37,470 | $20,800 | $58,660 | $16.73 |
| Couriers and Messengers | 2,110 | $37,170 | $36,640 | $24,080 | $45,930 | $17.87 |
| New Accounts Clerks | 1,970 | $47,150 | $47,780 | $38,840 | $57,870 | $22.67 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 1,940 | $49,050 | $50,350 | $38,840 | $62,390 | $23.58 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | 1,870 | $50,420 | $52,300 | $37,420 | $70,570 | $24.24 |
| Order Clerks | 1,780 | $42,660 | $43,390 | $32,200 | $55,520 | $20.51 |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 1,680 | $54,340 | $56,220 | $46,080 | $69,360 | $26.12 |
| File Clerks | 1,660 | $44,650 | $44,580 | $32,610 | $58,320 | $21.47 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | 1,590 | $38,170 | $38,870 | $29,750 | $48,330 | $18.35 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 1,570 | $57,490 | $59,000 | $44,160 | $74,050 | $27.64 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 1,560 | $36,500 | $37,680 | $27,720 | $48,260 | $17.55 |
| Postal Service Clerks | 1,540 | $60,590 | $60,250 | $42,600 | $74,050 | $29.13 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,410 | $57,490 | $57,000 | $37,940 | $75,810 | $27.64 |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 1,160 | $48,980 | $53,350 | $40,300 | $73,660 | $23.55 |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,140 | $48,060 | $49,370 | $34,880 | $63,270 | $23.11 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 750 | $43,400 | $42,930 | $32,720 | $49,680 | $20.86 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 660 | $37,610 | $43,320 | $30,800 | $63,600 | $18.08 |
| Brokerage Clerks | 580 | $60,770 | $61,970 | $49,800 | $77,600 | $29.21 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 480 | $39,910 | $42,630 | $31,910 | $56,280 | $19.19 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 410 | $48,180 | $51,760 | $38,740 | $64,840 | $23.16 |
| Financial Clerks, All Other | 400 | $48,080 | $47,380 | $34,980 | $57,310 | $23.12 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 370 | $45,020 | $45,850 | $39,830 | $55,760 | $21.65 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 360 | $40,230 | $42,940 | $32,140 | $61,150 | $19.34 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 310 | $36,670 | $37,950 | $26,650 | $46,490 | $17.63 |
| Word Processors and Typists | 290 | $47,130 | $46,000 | $35,640 | $57,830 | $22.66 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities | 230 | $87,610 | $80,990 | $52,550 | $101,470 | $42.12 |
| Desktop Publishers | 110 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 100 | $41,790 | $43,480 | $27,690 | $66,730 | $20.09 |
| Statistical Assistants | 40 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Correspondence Clerks | ** | $46,020 | $42,370 | $29,190 | $57,160 | $22.13 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | ** | $53,540 | $55,170 | $43,940 | $73,790 | $25.74 |
| Telephone Operators | ** | $37,830 | $37,530 | $23,390 | $48,160 | $18.19 |
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=55&OCC_CODE=43-0000. the group row is AREA 55 / OCC_CODE 43-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 55 / 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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