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51 careers in Office and Administrative Support (SOC group 43), with BLS median pay and the education most workers have.

Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers

  1. 1Customer Service Representatives

    $44,770 · High school

  2. 2Office Clerks, General

    $45,010 · High school

  3. 3Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

    $47,540 · High school

  4. 4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

    $69,500 · Training or associate

  5. 5Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

    $50,670 · Training or associate

  6. 6Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

    $45,930 · High school

  7. 7Receptionists and Information Clerks

    $38,010 · High school

  8. 8Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

    $45,260 · High school

  9. 9Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

    $76,590 · Training or associate

  10. 10Billing and Posting Clerks

    $48,500 · High school

  11. 11Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

    $59,650 · High school

  12. 12Tellers

    $43,030 · High school

  13. 13Postal Service Mail Carriers

    $60,550 · High school

  14. 14Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

    $35,070 · High school

  15. 15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks

    $49,230 · High school

  16. 16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

    $50,340 · High school

  17. 17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

    $48,700 · High school

  18. 18Loan Interviewers and Clerks

    $50,020 · Training or associate

  19. 19Bill and Account Collectors

    $47,030 · High school

  20. 20Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

    $55,570 · Training or associate

  21. 21Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs

    $54,210 · Training or associate

  22. 22Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

    $58,260 · Training or associate

  23. 23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan

    $45,920 · Training or associate

  24. 24Data Entry Keyers

    $41,340 · High school

  25. 25Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

    $44,390 · High school

  26. 26Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

    $58,470 · High school

  27. 27Public Safety Telecommunicators

    $53,040 · High school

  28. 28Cargo and Freight Agents

    $52,260 · High school

  29. 29Freight Forwarders

    $52,260 (broader group) · High school

  30. 30Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

    $50,610 · Training or associate

  31. 31Library Assistants, Clerical

    $36,910 · High school

  32. 32Order Clerks

    $46,170 · High school

  33. 33Postal Service Clerks

    $62,130 · High school

  34. 34File Clerks

    $43,600 · High school

  35. 35Couriers and Messengers

    $39,200 · High school

  36. 36Procurement Clerks

    $50,580 · High school

  37. 37Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

    $39,280 · High school

  38. 38Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping

    $46,380 · High school

  39. 39New Accounts Clerks

    $47,670 · Training or associate

  40. 40Brokerage Clerks

    $65,750 · Training or associate

  41. 41Word Processors and Typists

    $49,280 · High school

  42. 42Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

    $38,630 · High school

  43. 43Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

    $40,960 · High school

  44. 44Meter Readers, Utilities

    $48,150 · High school

  45. 45Gambling Cage Workers

    $37,580 · High school

  46. 46Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks

    $50,080 · High school

  47. 47Statistical Assistants

    $50,330 · Bachelor's degree

  48. 48Proofreaders and Copy Markers

    $51,120 · Bachelor's degree

  49. 49Correspondence Clerks

    $46,800 · High school

  50. 50Telephone Operators

    $41,740 · High school

  51. 51Desktop Publishers

    $55,290 · Training or associate

How this list is made: All careers in this BLS occupation group that have full data, most common jobs first (BLS employment). Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025 national median.

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Sources. Skills, tasks and education: O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under CC BY 4.0. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Data Sources & Licenses