Office Clerks, General

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# U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics 

# Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009 43-9061 Office Clerks, General Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring limited knowledge of office management systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, stenography, office machine operation, and filing. National estimates for this occupation Industry profile for this occupation State profile for this occupation Metropolitan area profile for this occupation National estimates for this occupation:Top Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment RSE(3) Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage (2) Wage RSE (3) 2,815,240 0.4 % $13.32 $27,700 0.2 % Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
Percentile 10% 25% 50% (Median) 75% 90% Hourly Wage $7.97 $9.73 $12.57 $15.87 $19.76 Annual Wage (2) $16,590 $20,250 $26,140 $33,010 $41,100

Industry profile for this occupation:Top Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see theCreate Customized Tablesfunction. Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation: Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Local Government (OES Designation) 196,290 $14.69 $30,550 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 165,120 $13.41 $27,890 Employment Services 150,700 $12.42 $25,840Office Clerks, General

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/oes/current/oes439061.htm[8/17/2010 4:08:16 PM] Elementary and Secondary Schools 117,160 $13.34 $27,750 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 98,780 $14.14 $29,410 Top paying industries for this occupation: Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Postal Service 2,450 $25.31 $52,640 Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 1,780 $20.80 $43,270 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 410 $19.70 $40,980 Software Publishers 2,880 $18.62 $38,740 Natural Gas Distribution 1,860 $18.62 $38,720

State profile for this occupation:Top States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment in this occupation, see theCreate Customized Tablesfunction. States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers West Virginia 28,980 $11.69 $24,310 41.145 Virginia 114,940 $13.85 $28,810 32.021

Idaho 17,840 $12.37 $25,740 29.032 Alaska 8,540 $15.90 $33,070 27.727 North Dakota 9,640 $11.14 $23,170 27.254 Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers District of Columbia 12,180 $17.09 $35,550 19.119 Alaska 8,540 $15.90 $33,070 27.727 Massachusetts 62,220 $15.70 $32,650 19.634 New Hampshire 11,420 $15.24 $31,700 18.432

Connecticut 28,770 $15.23 $31,670 17.444Office Clerks, General

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/oes/current/oes439061.htm[8/17/2010 4:08:16 PM] Metropolitan area profile for this occupation:Top Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see theCreate Customized Tablesfunction. Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers State College, PA 3,750 $14.17 $29,470 56.460 Morgantown, WV 2,560 $11.22 $23,350 45.280

Charleston, WV 6,350 $12.25 $25,490 43.463 Charlottesville, VA 3,880 $14.45 $30,060 41.652 Iowa City, IA 3,270 $16.02 $33,320 39.288 Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment per thousand workers Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 23,910 $17.23 $35,840 24.133
San Francisco-San MateoRedwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 19,830 $16.47 $34,250 20.172 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 1,860 $16.32 $33,950 21.671 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 14,580 $16.32 $33,950 16.402 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 33,130 $16.30 $33,900 19.652

About May 2009 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in thedownloadable XLS files

. Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers. (2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from theOffice Clerks, General

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/oes/current/oes439061.htm[8/17/2010 4:08:16 PM] reported survey data. (3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
Other OES estimates and related information: May 2009 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates May 2009 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates May 2009 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates May 2009 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order Download May 2009 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped XLS files Technical Notes Last Modified Date:May 14, 2010

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