Office & Administrative Support Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    16.9M
    Average Age
    42.8
    Average Salary
    $46,763
    Average Male Salary
    $54,345
    Average Female Salary
    $44,015

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    Office & Administrative Support Occupations are most often employed by the General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals industry. The average yearly wage for Office & Administrative Support Occupations was $46,763 in 2024.

    The locations that employ the most Office & Administrative Support Occupations are NYC-Queens Community District 12--Jamaica, St. Albans, & Hollis PUMA, NY, Osceola County (West)--Kissimmee PUMA, FL, and Atlanta & Northeast Georgia Regional Commissions--Newton & Rockdale Counties PUMA, GA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Office & Administrative Support Occupations are Toa Baja & Dorado PUMA, PR, Carolina PUMA, PR, and Bayamón PUMA, PR.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Office & Administrative Support Occupations workforce. Office & Administrative Support Occupations workforce in 2024 was 16,856,793 people, of which 73.4% were women and 26.6% were men.

    Office & Administrative Support Occupations are paid most in Santa Clara County (Southwest)--Cupertino, Saratoga Cities & Los Gatos Town PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Toa Baja & Dorado PUMA, PR.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    4,484,274
    Male Workforce
    ± 51.2k
    12,372,519
    Female Workforce
    ± 82.8k

    The Office & Administrative Support Occupations workforce in 2024 was 16,856,793 people (73.4% women and 26.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of −12.5% between 2014 (19,268,137) and 2024 (16,856,793).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Office & Administrative Support Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($67,314), New Jersey ($55,043), and Maryland ($54,977).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $46,763
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #12 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Office & Administrative Support Occupations earned an average of $46,763, $23,115 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.375
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Office & Administrative Support Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.375, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Office & Administrative Support Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Office & Administrative Support Occupations and on wages for those in the field. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals is the industry that employs the most Office & Administrative Support Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Office & Administrative Support Occupations, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($116,105).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    16.9M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 95,162
    0.318%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 0.796%

    This graphic shows the share of Office & Administrative Support Occupations employed by various industries. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals employs the largest share of Office & Administrative Support Occupations at 32.1%, followed by Construction with 23.4% and Postal Service with 23.2%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Office & Administrative Support Occupations in the US. The workforce of Office & Administrative Support Occupations in 2024 was 16,856,793 people, with 73.4% woman, and 26.6% men. The average age of male Office & Administrative Support Occupations in the workforce is 39.9 and of female Office & Administrative Support Occupations is 43.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Office & Administrative Support Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Office & Administrative Support Occupations in 2024 was 16,856,793 people, with 73.4% woman, and 26.6% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (1,886,129 people), 30 to 34 years (1,833,404  people), and 50 to 54 years (1,708,032 people). Among them they concentrated 32.2% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 19.4% of Office & Administrative Support Occupations workers were Hispanic and 80.6% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (55.2%), Puerto Rican (14.9)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (4.76)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 61.5% of the Office & Administrative Support Occupations workforce were White, of which 75.3% were women and 24.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (13.9%) and Two or More Races (12%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Office & Administrative Support Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Office & Administrative Support Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Library Science.

    Among the necessary skills for Office & Administrative Support Occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Office & Administrative Support Occupations need more than the average amount of Service Orientation.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Office & Administrative Support Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (1,259,372 people), Social Sciences (336,709 people), and Education (307,479 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Office & Administrative Support Occupations workers were Some college (5,084,347 people), High School or Equivalent (4,580,313 people), and Bachelors Degree (3,457,906 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Office & Administrative Support Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Office & Administrative Support Occupations need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking.

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