Career field
Office & Administrative Support careers
Occupations that coordinate, record, and support office operations. CampusPin lists 54 office & administrative support occupations, with median pay ranging from $34,270 to $74,260 per year (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024). Median pay is occupation-wide, not a starting wage or a guarantee.
Occupations in this field
- Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants$74,260
- First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers$66,140
- Brokerage clerks$62,940
- Postal service clerks$61,630
- Production, planning, and expediting clerks$57,770
- Postal service mail carriers$57,490
- Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators$56,530
- Payroll and timekeeping clerks$55,290
- Legal secretaries and administrative assistants$54,140
- Desktop publishers$53,620
- Financial clerks, all other$52,150
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs$51,500
- Statistical assistants$51,440
- Public safety telecommunicators$50,730
- Communications equipment operators, all other$49,910
- Cargo and freight agents$49,900
- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping$49,440
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks$49,210
- Proofreaders and copy markers$49,210
- Meter readers, utilities$49,180
- Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks$49,130
- Loan interviewers and clerks$48,950
- Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance$48,880
- Procurement clerks$48,510
- Insurance claims and policy processing clerks$48,450
- Information and record clerks, all other$48,360
- Word processors and typists$47,850
- Court, municipal, and license clerks$47,700
- Billing and posting clerks$47,170
- Correspondence clerks$46,740
- New accounts clerks$46,610
- Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive$46,290
- Bill and account collectors$46,040
- Office and administrative support workers, all other$46,040
- Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping$45,650
- Order clerks$44,660
- Medical secretaries and administrative assistants$44,640
- Interviewers, except eligibility and loan$43,830
- Office clerks, general$43,630
- Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks$43,190
- Customer service representatives$42,830
- Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks$41,460
- File clerks$41,270
- Data entry keyers$39,850
- Tellers$39,340
- Telephone operators$39,130
- Office machine operators, except computer$39,020
- Switchboard operators, including answering service$38,370
- Couriers and messengers$38,340
- Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service$38,150
- Receptionists and information clerks$37,230
- Gambling cage workers$36,990
- Library assistants, clerical$36,010
- Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks$34,270
Majors that lead into this field
CampusPin majors whose program maps to occupations in this field via the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk.
Occupation data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program (Employment Projections); wages are 2024 and projections cover 2024–2034. Figures are national, not institution-specific, and projections are estimates, not guarantees.