U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition

Office and administrative support occupations

• Financial clerks


• Bill and account collectors
• Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
• Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
• Gaming cage workers
• Payroll and timekeeping clerks
• Procurement clerks
• Tellers
• Information and record clerks


• Brokerage clerks
• Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
• Customer service representatives
• File clerks
• Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
• Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
• Interviewers
• Library assistants, clerical
• Order clerks
• Receptionists and information clerks
• Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing occupations


• Cargo and freight agents
• Couriers and messengers
• Dispatchers
• Meter readers, utilities
• Postal Service workers
• Production, planning, and expediting clerks
• Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
• Stock clerks and order fillers
• Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
• Other office and administrative support occupations


• Communications equipment operators
• Computer operators
• Data entry and information processing workers
• Desktop publishers
• Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Office clerks, general
• Secretaries and administrative assistants

Last Modified Date: March 20, 2008