Data tables for the overview of May 2023 occupational employment and wages

Employment for the largest office and administrative support occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Employment
Customer service representatives	2,858,710
Office clerks, general	2,496,370
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	1,785,430
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	1,504,570
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	1,501,910
Receptionists and information clerks	1,003,820
Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks	844,120
Medical secretaries and administrative assistants	749,500
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	483,570
Billing and posting clerks	430,220

Highest and lowest paying office and administrative support occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Annual mean wage
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	$73,680
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	68,620
All occupations	65,470
Brokerage clerks	63,130
Postal service mail carriers	59,340
Postal service clerks	59,240
All office and administrative support occupations	47,940
Couriers and messengers	38,350
Gambling cage workers	36,750
Receptionists and information clerks	36,590
Library assistants, clerical	35,970
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	32,570

Major occupational groups as a percentage of total employment, May 2023
Occupational group	Percent
Occupational group	Office and administrative support	12.2
Transportation and material moving	9.1
Sales and related	8.8
Food preparation and serving related	8.7
Management	6.9
Business and financial operations	6.6
Healthcare practitioners and technical	6.1
Production	5.8
Educational instruction and library	5.8
Healthcare support	4.7
Construction and extraction	4.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair	3.9
Computer and mathematical	3.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance	2.9
Protective service	2.3
Personal care and service	2.0
Architecture and engineering	1.7
Community and social service	1.6
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media	1.4
Life, physical, and social science	0.9
Legal	0.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry	0.3

Industries with the highest employment of office and administrative support occupations, May 2023
Industry	Employment
Local government, excluding schools and hospitals	961,360
Credit intermediation and related activities (5221 and 5223 only)	842,450
Offices of physicians	759,630
General medical and surgical hospitals	614,320
Postal service	552,400
Management of companies and enterprises	547,900
Elementary and secondary schools	508,760
Employment services	495,420
Business support services	446,280
Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities	428,630

Highest and lowest paying industries for office and administrative support occupations, May 2023
Industry	Annual mean wage
Pipeline transportation of crude oil	$79,030
Other pipeline transportation	76,920
Natural gas distribution	70,650
Metal ore mining	70,000
Support activities for water transportation	68,340
All industries	47,940
Traveler accommodation	36,110
Gasoline stations	35,740
Other amusement and recreation industries	34,770
Rooming and boarding houses, dormitories, and workers' camps	34,540
Personal care services	33,440

Employment for the largest food preparation and serving related occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Employment
Fast food and counter workers	3,676,580
Waiters and waitresses	2,237,850
Cooks, restaurant	1,412,350
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	1,176,540
Food preparation workers	879,610
Bartenders	711,140
Cooks, fast food	673,490
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	483,390
Dishwashers	463,940
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	435,640

Highest and lowest paying food preparation and serving related occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Annual mean wage
All occupations	$65,470
Chefs and head cooks	62,640
Cooks, private household	49,790
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	43,310
Cooks, all other	37,610
Bartenders	37,090
All food preparation and serving related occupations	34,490
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	32,730
Dishwashers	31,650
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	30,750
Fast food and counter workers	30,110
Cooks, fast food	29,760

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentrations of food preparation and serving related occupations, May 2023
Metropolitan area	Percent
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI	18.1
Ocean City, NJ	17.9
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	17.7
Flagstaff, AZ	16.3
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC	15.9
Jacksonville, NC	15.3
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	14.8
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	14.6
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	14.5
Brunswick, GA	14.4
United States	8.7

Highest and lowest paying metropolitan areas for food preparation and serving related occupations, May 2023
Metropolitan area	Annual mean wage
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$47,490
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI	47,200
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	45,390
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	44,410
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	44,070
United States	34,490
Monroe, LA	25,100
Dothan, AL	25,080
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	25,060
Gadsden, AL	24,770
Hattiesburg, MS	24,480

Employment for the largest life, physical, and social science occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Employment
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists	136,620
Occupational health and safety specialists	122,300
Chemists	83,530
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	80,730
Biological technicians	76,990
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other	72,230
Clinical and counseling psychologists	71,730
School psychologists	62,790
Biological scientists, all other	61,220
Chemical technicians	55,880

Highest and lowest paying life, physical, and social science occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Annual mean wage
Physicists	$158,270
Industrial-organizational psychologists	154,380
Economists	132,650
Political scientists	132,020
Astronomers	128,940
All life, physical, and social science occupations	87,870
All occupations	65,470
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health	57,470
Biological technicians	56,540
Forest and conservation technicians	54,260
Food science technicians	54,000
Agricultural technicians	46,810

Industries with the highest employment of life, physical, and social science occupations, May 2023
Industry	Employment
Scientific research and development services	213,600
Federal executive branch	148,200
Colleges, universities, and professional schools	119,480
Local government, excluding schools and hospitals	98,520
State government, excluding schools and hospitals	91,840
Architectural, engineering, and related services	79,180
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	68,970
Elementary and secondary schools	55,280
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing	49,080
General medical and surgical hospitals	48,380

Employment for the largest occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Employment (millions)
Home health and personal care aides	3.7
Retail salespersons	3.7
Fast food and counter workers	3.7
General and operations managers	3.5
Cashiers	3.3
Registered nurses	3.2
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	3.0
Stockers and order fillers	2.9
Customer service representatives	2.9
Office clerks, general	2.5

Annual mean wages for the largest occupations, May 2023
Occupation	Annual mean wage
General and operations managers	$129,330
Registered nurses	94,480
All occupations	65,470
Office clerks, general	43,560
Customer service representatives	43,520
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	39,760
Stockers and order fillers	37,990
Retail salespersons	36,690
Home health and personal care aides	33,380
Cashiers	30,710
Fast food and counter workers	30,110

Occupations with the largest employment in the public sector, May 2023
Occupation	Employment
Elementary school teachers, except special education	1,254,040
Teaching assistants, except postsecondary	1,033,460
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education	898,000
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	640,320
Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education	553,390
Registered nurses	526,150
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	491,130
Office clerks, general	467,110
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	461,920
Substitute teachers, short-term	353,450

Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024