May 2023 Occupational Employment and Wages — 2024-04-03

Office and administrative support occupations had employment of 18.5 million in May 2023, representing 12.2 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest office and administrative support occupations were customer service representatives (2.9 million) and general office clerks (2.5 million). The annual mean wage across all office and administrative support occupations was $47,940, compared with the U.S. average wage of $65,470. The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program provides employment and wage estimates for about 830 occupations in the nation, states, and approximately 530 areas. National data are available by industry for approximately 410 industry classifications and by ownership across all industries and for the educational services and hospitals industries. This news release features office and administrative support; food preparation and serving related; and life, physical, and social science occupations, in addition to largest occupations and public sector occupations.