Office and Administrative Support jobs: what they pay

$51,560avg. a year
$24.79 an hour · 17,753,430 employed in the U.S.

National average and median pay for 54 office and administrative support jobs, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Open a job to see pay in every state and large metro area.

Top-paying office and administrative support jobs

Average annual U.S. pay, May 2025

54 office and administrative support jobs

JobAvg. payMedianJobs
Customer Service Representatives$46,590$44,7702,595,750
Office Clerks, General$46,420$45,0102,464,940
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$49,350$47,5401,706,790
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$73,490$69,5001,436,680
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$53,560$50,6701,373,680
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,800$45,930961,610
Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,460$38,010910,180
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,810$45,260816,870
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$79,140$76,590459,910
Billing and Posting Clerks$51,070$48,500404,060
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,150$59,650390,160
Tellers$42,350$43,030329,480
Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,540$60,550328,820
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,550$35,070261,420
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$52,920$49,230214,260
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$54,740$50,340202,810
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,670$45,670192,260
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$52,320$48,700179,750
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$52,520$50,020164,790
Bill and Account Collectors$49,060$47,030158,830
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$60,620$55,570156,280
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$56,090$54,210154,800
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,630$58,260153,140
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$47,240$45,920148,060
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,490$49,500134,920
Data Entry Keyers$43,310$41,340127,080
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$49,630$44,390118,710
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,430$58,470105,200
Public Safety Telecommunicators$56,740$53,040102,500
Cargo and Freight Agents$57,230$52,26097,670
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,250$50,61090,220
Library Assistants, Clerical$39,370$36,91085,520
Order Clerks$48,220$46,17075,200
Postal Service Clerks$61,860$62,13073,720
File Clerks$45,590$43,60073,440
Couriers and Messengers$40,970$39,20068,640
Procurement Clerks$52,370$50,58055,810
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$41,650$39,28055,230
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$47,630$46,38053,300
New Accounts Clerks$49,370$47,67036,860
Financial Clerks, All Other$56,450$53,83036,260
Brokerage Clerks$72,850$65,75035,940
Word Processors and Typists$51,120$49,28035,010
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$42,300$38,63034,280
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$43,220$40,96025,130
Meter Readers, Utilities$55,380$48,15019,430
Gambling Cage Workers$39,510$37,58014,430
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks$51,420$50,08012,030
Statistical Assistants$55,650$50,3304,710
Proofreaders and Copy Markers$54,800$51,1204,580
Correspondence Clerks$48,090$46,8004,290
Telephone Operators$44,970$41,7403,430
Desktop Publishers$61,970$55,2903,350
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other$62,130$54,6801,200

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Official government dataEvery number comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey of employers, not self-reported salaries.
Every state and city830 jobs across all 50 states, D.C. and 199 large metro areas.
Updated every yearNew figures each spring when BLS releases them. This site uses May 2025 data.
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Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.