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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2011

43-9061 Office Clerks, General

Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring knowledge of office 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

Geographic 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)

2,828,140 0.4 % $13.90 $28,920 0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%

(Median)

75% 90%

Hourly Wage $8.53 $10.05 $13.07 $16.78 $20.86

Annual Wage (2) $17,740 $20,910 $27,190 $34,910 $43,390

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 the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry

Employment

(1)

Percent of

industry

employment

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

Local Government (OES Designation) 191,580 3.47 $15.37 $31,960

Employment Services 158,330 5.37 $12.92 $26,860

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 149,620 5.24 $14.27 $29,690

Elementary and Secondary Schools 113,420 1.35 $13.98 $29,080

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 92,440 1.78 $14.64 $30,450

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry

Employment

(1)

Percent of

industry

employment

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers 31,490 11.69 $13.00 $27,030

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes,

Entertainers, and Other Public Figures

1,270 6.58 $13.64 $28,380

Office Administrative Services 25,870 6.40 $13.72 $28,530

Death Care Services 8,390 6.36 $12.05 $25,070

Grantmaking and Giving Services 7,590 5.97 $13.98 $29,070

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry

Employment

(1)

Percent of

industry

employment

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

Postal Service 1,830 0.28 $25.56 $53,170

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Natural Gas Distribution 2,830 2.61 $20.99 $43,670

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 450 0.29 $20.46 $42,560

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing 1,430 1.30 $19.82 $41,220

Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 1,670 1.05 $19.02 $39,570

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of

all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

California 318,100 22.66 1.03 $15.54 $32,320

Texas 264,430 25.66 1.16 $13.78 $28,670

New York 203,480 24.15 1.10 $14.05 $29,230

Pennsylvania 146,420 26.39 1.20 $14.15 $29,440

Florida 140,220 19.61 0.89 $12.67 $26,350
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States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

West Virginia 31,500 44.98 2.04 $12.03 $25,020

Alaska 9,310 29.74 1.35 $16.88 $35,120

Michigan 110,380 28.83 1.31 $13.90 $28,910

Idaho 16,680 28.13 1.28 $13.15 $27,360

Virginia 96,140 27.06 1.23 $13.99 $29,090
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Top paying States for this occupation:

State

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

District of Columbia 9,520 14.76 0.67 $18.04 $37,530

Alaska 9,310 29.74 1.35 $16.88 $35,120

Massachusetts 59,360 18.80 0.85 $16.25 $33,800

New Hampshire 12,860 21.19 0.96 $16.08 $33,440

Connecticut 26,950 16.75 0.76 $15.77 $32,800
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Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

New York-White Plains-Wayne,

NY-NJ Metropolitan Division

129,040 25.49 1.16 $14.44 $30,030

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale,

CA Metropolitan Division

91,620 23.97 1.09 $15.06 $31,320

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL

Metropolitan Division

85,470 23.85 1.08 $14.99 $31,170

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 65,810 25.79 1.17 $14.59 $30,340

Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX

Metropolitan Division

52,210 25.53 1.16 $14.88 $30,940

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta,

GA

50,540 22.69 1.03 $12.78 $26,580

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,

DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan

Division

50,040 21.66 0.98 $16.13 $33,550

Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan

Division

45,970 25.33 1.15 $15.31 $31,840

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington,

MN-WI

36,470 21.31 0.97 $14.74 $30,670

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 34,990 20.60 0.93 $14.89 $30,980
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Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

State College, PA 3,960 59.48 2.70 $16.11 $33,510

Morgantown, WV 3,420 57.53 2.61 $12.04 $25,050

Charleston, WV 6,080 42.44 1.93 $12.68 $26,380

Monroe, MI 1,300 36.05 1.63 $13.76 $28,610

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WVOH

2,390 35.81 1.62 $11.73 $24,390

Wheeling, WV-OH 2,260 35.26 1.60 $11.66 $24,250

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 4,320 34.69 1.57 $10.40 $21,630

College Station-Bryan, TX 3,140 34.20 1.55 $14.23 $29,590

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 4,370 34.11 1.55 $13.43 $27,940

Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--

Roseville, CA

27,420 34.06 1.54 $16.16 $33,610
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Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA

Metropolitan Division

17,670 18.56 0.84 $18.04 $37,520

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,

CA

14,350 16.37 0.74 $17.82 $37,060

San Francisco-San MateoRedwood City, CA Metropolitan

Division

17,040 17.76 0.81 $17.76 $36,940

Fairbanks, AK 1,120 31.85 1.44 $17.36 $36,120

Barnstable Town, MA 2,480 26.49 1.20 $17.30 $35,980

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA

NECTA Division

31,000 18.50 0.84 $17.04 $35,440

Anchorage, AK 4,840 28.78 1.31 $17.00 $35,350

Vallejo-Fairfield, CA (8) (8) (8) $16.98 $35,310

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 1,020 21.78 0.99 $16.68 $34,700

Trenton-Ewing, NJ 4,710 21.75 0.99 $16.47 $34,260

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

Balance of Lower Peninsula of

Michigan nonmetropolitan area

8,710 31.61 1.43 $12.73 $26,470

Kansas nonmetropolitan area 7,540 19.79 0.90 $11.54 $24,000

Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan

area

7,310 26.39 1.20 $11.95 $24,860

Southern West Virginia

nonmetropolitan area 6,840 51.66 2.34 $11.73 $24,410
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North Central West Virginia

nonmetropolitan area

6,280 45.70 2.07 $11.40 $23,710

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

New Shoreham Town, Rhode

Island nonmetropolitan area

30 64.74 2.94 $12.20 $25,380

Southern West Virginia

nonmetropolitan area

6,840 51.66 2.34 $11.73 $24,410

North Central West Virginia

nonmetropolitan area

6,280 45.70 2.07 $11.40 $23,710

East Central Illinois

nonmetropolitan area

5,100 43.06 1.95 $11.11 $23,100

Northeast Lower Peninsula of

Michigan nonmetropolitan area

2,850 39.48 1.79 $12.66 $26,330

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area

Employment

(1)

Employment

per thousand

jobs

Location

quotient (9)

Hourly mean

wage

Annual mean

wage (2)

Southwestern New Hampshire

nonmetropolitan area

950 24.51 1.11 $18.05 $37,540

Railbelt / Southwest Alaska

nonmetropolitan area

2,040 28.38 1.29 $17.11 $35,590

St. Mary's County, Maryland

nonmetropolitan area

750 17.74 0.80 $16.80 $34,930

Western New Hampshire

nonmetropolitan area

1,040 17.09 0.78 $16.11 $33,510

Nantucket Island and Martha's

Vineyard nonmetropolitan area

380 27.76 1.26 $15.94 $33,150

About May 2011 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan

areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is

available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. 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

the 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.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A

location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient

less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.

Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2011 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order
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Download May 2011 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped XLS files

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