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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

43-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers.

National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3) 		Mean hourly
wage		 Mean annual
wage (2) 		Wage RSE (3)
1,427,260 0.4 % $ 29.81 $ 62,010 0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median) 		75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 17.00 $ 21.59 $ 28.10 $ 35.90 $ 45.27
Annual Wage (2) $ 35,360 $ 44,900 $ 58,450 $ 74,660 $ 94,170

Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) 107,910 5.32 $ 29.01 $ 60,350
Offices of Physicians 73,800 2.85 $ 28.20 $ 58,650
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 65,780 1.22 $ 31.40 $ 65,310
Management of Companies and Enterprises 52,540 2.17 $ 34.30 $ 71,340
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 45,580 0.81 $ 31.84 $ 66,230

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) 107,910 5.32 $ 29.01 $ 60,350
Freight Transportation Arrangement 9,450 4.05 $ 30.73 $ 63,920
Nondepository Credit Intermediation 23,420 4.05 $ 28.85 $ 60,010
Business Support Services 33,570 4.04 $ 26.54 $ 55,200
Office Administrative Services 16,550 3.32 $ 30.34 $ 63,100

Top paying industries for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers 380 0.78 $ 51.52 $ 107,160
Natural Gas Distribution 1,580 1.47 $ 41.74 $ 86,820
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities 14,840 1.57 $ 41.74 $ 86,820
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 5,600 1.47 $ 41.35 $ 86,010
Ship and Boat Building 740 0.54 $ 40.49 $ 84,210

Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 161,550 9.83 0.96 $ 31.59 $ 65,700
Texas 126,180 10.43 1.02 $ 28.93 $ 60,170
Florida 103,130 12.22 1.19 $ 28.26 $ 58,780
New York 99,770 11.48 1.12 $ 35.85 $ 74,570
Pennsylvania 63,850 11.58 1.13 $ 30.32 $ 63,070




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Connecticut 23,780 15.44 1.50 $ 33.15 $ 68,950
Tennessee 40,180 13.84 1.35 $ 26.77 $ 55,680
Alaska 4,000 13.52 1.32 $ 32.18 $ 66,930
Maryland 33,270 13.19 1.29 $ 30.78 $ 64,020
Hawaii 7,140 12.44 1.21 $ 28.80 $ 59,900




Top paying states for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 4,150 6.04 0.59 $ 40.03 $ 83,260
New York 99,770 11.48 1.12 $ 35.85 $ 74,570
Rhode Island 3,710 8.39 0.82 $ 34.33 $ 71,400
Washington 26,680 8.35 0.81 $ 34.32 $ 71,390
Massachusetts 37,710 11.26 1.10 $ 33.37 $ 69,400





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 99,880 11.31 1.10 $ 36.45 $ 75,820
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 62,580 10.75 1.05 $ 30.99 $ 64,450
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 41,420 11.54 1.12 $ 30.67 $ 63,790
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 39,080 8.96 0.87 $ 32.97 $ 68,570
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 32,120 11.91 1.16 $ 33.44 $ 69,560
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 31,400 12.52 1.22 $ 30.04 $ 62,480
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 29,580 11.37 1.11 $ 34.34 $ 71,420
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 29,130 11.06 1.08 $ 28.87 $ 60,050
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 28,750 9.51 0.93 $ 34.55 $ 71,860
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 28,700 9.67 0.94 $ 29.80 $ 61,990




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Florence, SC 1,500 17.94 1.75 $ 27.73 $ 57,670
Danbury, CT 1,200 16.97 1.65 $ 32.28 $ 67,150
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 6,280 16.68 1.63 $ 33.93 $ 70,580
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 5,530 16.12 1.57 $ 27.74 $ 57,690
Coeur d'Alene, ID 960 15.77 1.54 $ 25.74 $ 53,540
Cleveland, TN 730 15.54 1.51 $ 23.14 $ 48,130
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 8,420 15.30 1.49 $ 33.87 $ 70,450
Alexandria, LA 870 15.21 1.48 $ 23.37 $ 48,610
Santa Fe, NM 870 15.18 1.48 $ 26.99 $ 56,150
Johnson City, TN 1,130 15.06 1.47 $ 22.86 $ 47,540