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General Office Workers

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Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 3,200,000 people work as general office workers. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be high.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 26% of the total in 2008. General office workers who work for themselves represent about 1% of the total.

Training and Education

Short-term on-the-job training is useful when pursuing this career. Among employees, 19% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 45% of people working as general office workers went to college but did not obtain a degree. 36% of workers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Finding jobs for employees may be easier in Iowa City (Iowa), Charlottesville (Virginia), and Harrisonburg (Virginia), and the most challenging in Burlington (Vermont), Sioux Falls (South Dakota), and Cheyenne (Wyoming).

The pay for these jobs is highest in Oakland (California), San Francisco (California), and Brockton (Massachusetts) and lowest in Lawrence (Kansas), Las Cruces (New Mexico), and Albany (Georgia).

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General Office Workers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for General Office Workers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for General Office Workers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for General Office Workers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston610$20,5800.7
AlabamaAuburn960$21,1901.1
AlabamaBirmingham10,600$22,4000.9
AlabamaDecatur780$20,6300.7
AlabamaDothan960$20,3700.8
AlabamaFlorence850$19,8600.9
AlabamaGadsden680$21,7401.1
AlabamaHuntsville3,100$22,4400.7
AlabamaMobile4,610$19,9601.2
AlabamaMontgomery3,670$21,1801
AlabamaTuscaloosa1,770$20,7101
AlaskaAnchorage4,350$32,4301.3
AlaskaFairbanks790$32,7401.3
ArizonaKingman1,110$24,7101.1
ArizonaPhoenix41,050$28,4301
ArizonaPrescott1,100$23,7500.9
ArizonaTucson7,960$26,6701
ArizonaYuma1,450$24,2301.2
ArkansasFayetteville3,000$23,4300.7
ArkansasFort Smith1,880$22,0600.8
ArkansasHot Springs940$21,6901.4
ArkansasJonesboro720$20,5900.8
ArkansasLittle Rock6,240$22,5100.8
ArkansasPine Bluff550$19,9300.9
CaliforniaBakersfield5,740$27,1201
CaliforniaChico2,260$27,3201.6
CaliforniaEl Centro1,080$25,9601.1
CaliforniaFresno8,310$27,0301.2
CaliforniaMadera700$25,3101
CaliforniaMerced1,450$24,7701.3
CaliforniaModesto3,340$26,3301
CaliforniaNapa960$29,3700.8
CaliforniaOakland25,440$35,4101.1
CaliforniaOxnard6,290$28,6401
CaliforniaRedding1,460$26,2801.1
CaliforniaRiverside31,700$27,4901.1
CaliforniaSacramento29,460$30,4501.5
CaliforniaSalinas2,930$29,0400.9
CaliforniaSan Diego32,140$28,7401.1
CaliforniaSan Francisco21,690$33,4301
CaliforniaSan Jose15,940$33,3500.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo2,920$27,7901.4
CaliforniaSanta Ana36,570$29,5101.1
CaliforniaSanta Barbara5,190$31,8201.5
CaliforniaSanta Cruz2,410$26,5201.4
CaliforniaSanta Rosa3,880$30,2701
CaliforniaStockton4,660$27,4201
CaliforniaVallejo2,770$31,0201.1
CaliforniaVisalia3,560$24,0701.3
CaliforniaYuba City750$27,2001
ColoradoBoulder1,860$29,6400.6
ColoradoColorado Springs4,170$26,2200.8
ColoradoDenver18,030$29,1700.7
ColoradoFort Collins1,410$25,6100.6
ColoradoGrand Junction1,060$23,3801
ColoradoGreeley890$26,4800.6
ColoradoPueblo810$25,8800.8
ConnecticutBridgeport7,990$31,3200.8
ConnecticutDanbury1,470$30,3901
ConnecticutHartford10,750$31,2400.8
ConnecticutNew Haven4,970$30,7500.8
ConnecticutNorwich2,000$30,3900.8
ConnecticutWaterbury1,240$31,3400.9
DelawareDover1,170$27,5201.1
DelawareWilmington8,390$27,9701.2
District of ColumbiaWashington63,860$32,6201.2
FloridaCape Coral3,480$24,9500.8
FloridaDeltona3,980$22,2901.2
FloridaFort Lauderdale17,810$24,7601.1
FloridaFort Walton Beach1,310$23,3700.9
FloridaGainesville2,860$23,1401.2
FloridaJacksonville13,770$24,5901
FloridaLakeland4,390$24,7701.1
FloridaMiami25,150$24,4101.2
FloridaNaples2,490$26,5701
FloridaOcala1,940$23,6401
FloridaOrlando19,570$24,5100.8
FloridaPalm Bay3,970$24,1601
FloridaPalm Coast340$23,0101.5
FloridaPanama City1,180$23,6900.9
FloridaPensacola3,210$23,9001
FloridaPort St Lucie2,910$23,5001.1
FloridaPunta Gorda770$22,3501
FloridaSarasota6,090$24,6001.1
FloridaSebastian870$22,5600.9
FloridaTallahassee4,050$24,0001.2
FloridaTampa25,880$25,3601
FloridaWest Palm Beach10,610$24,7800.9
GeorgiaAlbany1,490$19,5801.3
GeorgiaAthens1,330$23,1700.9
GeorgiaAtlanta49,360$25,9000.9
GeorgiaAugusta4,290$24,3801
GeorgiaBrunswick1,050$23,2701.3
GeorgiaColumbus2,450$22,6301.1
GeorgiaDalton1,220$24,3900.8
GeorgiaGainesville1,340$24,8201
GeorgiaHinesville310$25,1801.4
GeorgiaMacon2,320$21,6801.1
GeorgiaRome690$22,2901
GeorgiaSavannah3,330$24,5901.1
GeorgiaValdosta870$21,1300.8
GeorgiaWarner Robins910$22,6801
HawaiiHonolulu10,940$27,7001.1
IdahoBoise7,170$26,4501.2
IdahoCoeur Dalene1,570$24,3401.5
IdahoIdaho Falls1,670$25,8001.8
IdahoLewiston710$26,2101.8
IdahoPocatello1,160$23,320 2.1
IllinoisBloomington1,470$25,3101.1
IllinoisChampaign1,750$27,1300.9
IllinoisChicago72,040$28,3000.9
IllinoisDanville590$24,3001.3
IllinoisDecatur910$22,8101
IllinoisKankakee970$24,4901.4
IllinoisPeoria3,370$25,2200.9
IllinoisRockford2,520$25,4200.8
IllinoisSpringfield3,080$28,2601.5
IndianaAnderson710$20,4101
IndianaBloomington1,840$25,1501.4
IndianaColumbus990$24,0501.2
IndianaElkhart2,160$25,6100.8
IndianaEvansville3,250$23,1200.9
IndianaFort Wayne4,040$24,5000.9
IndianaGary6,300$23,7301
IndianaIndianapolis15,560$26,0200.8
IndianaKokomo700$23,9501.1
IndianaLafayette1,900$23,0701.3
IndianaMichigan City860$24,4001.1
IndianaMuncie860$22,4801
IndianaSouth Bend2,860$22,5101
IndianaTerre Haute1,580$20,3301.1
IowaAmes1,130$30,3001.6
IowaCedar Rapids2,930$27,2901
IowaDavenport3,740$25,1901
IowaDes Moines7,820$28,4601.1
IowaDubuque1,040$24,2501.1
IowaIowa City3,320$31,700 2.3
IowaSioux City1,330$25,3500.9
IowaWaterloo1,840$25,0701.1
KansasLawrence1,460$20,4101.7
KansasTopeka2,000$24,6600.9
KansasWichita5,130$25,6600.8
KentuckyBowling Green810$22,5500.7
KentuckyElizabethtown440$23,3300.5
KentuckyLexington3,050$26,8200.6
KentuckyLouisville8,870$26,5400.7
KentuckyOwensboro510$20,9100.6
LouisianaAlexandria820$21,0600.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge7,330$20,4200.9
LouisianaHouma1,880$19,7001
LouisianaLafayette3,070$21,7601
LouisianaLake Charles1,530$22,0800.9
LouisianaMonroe1,790$19,1001.1
LouisianaNew Orleans9,080$22,3500.8
LouisianaShreveport3,530$20,4301
MaineBangor1,550$25,0501.2
MaineLewiston1,580$24,8501.7
MainePortland4,600$27,2601.1
MarylandBaltimore34,950$29,2601.2
MarylandBethesda13,520$32,6701.1
MarylandCumberland980$22,2601.5
MarylandHagerstown2,340$25,6601.2
MarylandSalisbury1,530$26,7801.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town2,120$29,1701
MassachusettsBoston32,660$32,0100.9
MassachusettsBrockton1,950$34,1301.1
MassachusettsFramingham2,570$33,0500.8
MassachusettsHaverhill1,330$28,9200.9
MassachusettsLawrence1,060$30,6801
MassachusettsLeominster1,200$29,0701.3
MassachusettsLowell1,850$33,2500.7
MassachusettsNew Bedford1,320$29,2001
MassachusettsPittsfield910$25,7001.5
MassachusettsSpringfield6,140$29,8400.9
MassachusettsTaunton1,030$26,5501.2
MassachusettsWorcester5,670$31,3501.1
MichiganAnn Arbor6,190$27,9701.8
MichiganBattle Creek1,430$27,1101.5
MichiganBay City820$22,3201.3
MichiganDetroit16,750$27,9401.1
MichiganFlint4,310$24,0301.5
MichiganGrand Rapids9,100$29,8401.1
MichiganHolland2,580$27,8101.2
MichiganJackson1,690$28,0001.7
MichiganKalamazoo3,470$27,4001.2
MichiganLansing5,510$26,0101.3
MichiganMonroe990$26,0501.3
MichiganMuskegon1,380$27,4201.2
MichiganNiles1,140$27,9700.9
MichiganSaginaw1,790$22,6301.2
MichiganWarren30,320$26,9101.2
MinnesotaDuluth3,270$26,1201.2
MinnesotaMinneapolis41,350$29,7601
MinnesotaRochester2,120$28,2901.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud2,430$26,1801.2
MississippiGulfport1,040$25,0500.5
MississippiHattiesburg740$18,8200.7
MississippiJackson4,000$22,5500.7
MississippiPascagoula600$24,2200.7
MissouriColumbia2,970$25,7901.8
MissouriJefferson City1,880$26,0501.4
MissouriJoplin2,290$23,4101.4
MissouriKansas City22,850$28,7801
MissouriSpringfield6,610$24,3001.6
MissouriSt Joseph1,300$25,0801.4
MissouriSt Louis35,230$29,4601.2
MontanaBillings1,060$23,7900.7
MontanaGreat Falls360$20,4000.6
MontanaMissoula700$22,9200.7
NebraskaLincoln3,920$20,7401.1
NebraskaOmaha6,280$26,0600.6
NevadaCarson City730$27,6301.5
NevadaLas Vegas19,990$29,3501
NevadaReno4,530$29,4501
New HampshireManchester2,460$31,5101.1
New HampshireNashua2,360$30,3300.8
New HampshirePortsmouth1,230$30,0101.1
New HampshireRochester1,140$30,1801
New JerseyAtlantic City1,790$26,6000.6
New JerseyCamden9,280$27,6600.8
New JerseyEdison18,880$27,6800.8
New JerseyNewark18,500$28,7300.8
New JerseyOcean City710$24,8600.9
New JerseyTrenton4,180$29,9800.9
New JerseyVineland960$25,6300.9
New MexicoAlbuquerque6,630$23,6100.8
New MexicoFarmington770$21,4400.8
New MexicoLas Cruces1,000$18,9000.8
New MexicoSanta Fe1,050$24,4900.8
New YorkAlbany10,670$27,5301.1
New YorkBinghamton2,120$23,1501
New YorkBuffalo10,420$24,8200.9
New YorkElmira570$25,4500.9
New YorkGlens Falls750$23,7700.7
New YorkIthaca880$27,4101.1
New YorkKingston970$24,8600.8
New YorkNassau25,470$27,6500.9
New YorkNew York115,580$28,2601
New YorkPoughkeepsie3,990$27,5500.8
New YorkRochester7,570$24,1300.7
New YorkSyracuse5,960$24,6400.9
New YorkUtica2,910$24,1701.1
North CarolinaAsheville2,510$23,5700.7
North CarolinaBurlington800$23,9200.7
North CarolinaCharlotte13,040$25,8900.7
North CarolinaDurham5,240$29,6600.9
North CarolinaFayetteville2,940$23,5301.2
North CarolinaGoldsboro630$22,3500.9
North CarolinaGreensboro5,340$25,9800.7
North CarolinaGreenville1,900$26,3401.3
North CarolinaHickory2,060$24,2500.6
North CarolinaJacksonville630$23,3600.8
North CarolinaRaleigh7,430$25,9500.7
North CarolinaRocky Mount1,070$23,1900.9
North CarolinaWilmington2,330$23,8200.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem2,850$24,9500.6
North DakotaBismarck1,440$22,0601.3
North DakotaFargo2,870$24,7101.2
North DakotaGrand Forks990$23,7101.1
OhioAkron6,900$25,6900.9
OhioCanton3,790$24,8601
OhioCincinnati17,320$26,9600.8
OhioCleveland21,880$26,7800.9
OhioColumbus19,400$31,0700.9
OhioDayton6,730$27,2400.8
OhioLima1,030$25,6601
OhioMansfield970$24,4401
OhioSandusky700$24,8401.1
OhioSpringfield960$24,0501.1
OhioToledo5,880$25,8300.9
OhioYoungstown5,290$23,5901.1
OklahomaLawton860$23,7401.3
OklahomaOklahoma City15,380$22,9301.2
OklahomaTulsa7,780$24,2200.8
OregonBend1,460$30,1701.1
OregonCorvallis680$28,5701.2
OregonEugene3,230$27,8701
OregonMedford1,970$26,8501.2
OregonPortland21,100$29,6000.9
OregonSalem4,170$28,3801.3
PennsylvaniaAllentown9,340$27,1001.3
PennsylvaniaAltoona1,860$22,8501.6
PennsylvaniaErie3,150$26,6801.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg8,640$29,0701.3
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1,650$24,1201.5
PennsylvaniaLancaster5,670$27,4301.1
PennsylvaniaLebanon1,130$26,2001.3
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia51,690$30,0201.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh31,810$26,1901.3
PennsylvaniaReading4,300$28,0301.2
PennsylvaniaScranton6,830$25,2501.2
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1,430$24,5901.5
PennsylvaniaYork3,990$26,1301
Rhode IslandProvidence10,920$27,4100.9
South CarolinaAnderson1,360$23,1101.2
South CarolinaCharleston6,320$24,6201
South CarolinaColumbia10,300$25,9501.4
South CarolinaFlorence1,670$21,3701
South CarolinaGreenville6,190$23,3800.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach2,430$22,3101
South CarolinaSpartanburg2,540$22,6501
South CarolinaSumter980$20,5401.5
South DakotaRapid City540$21,2200.4
South DakotaSioux Falls1,190$21,8700.4
TennesseeChattanooga5,480$25,7501.1
TennesseeClarksville1,490$24,1001
TennesseeCleveland890$23,5701.4
TennesseeJackson1,370$24,3401.2
TennesseeJohnson City1,440$23,4801
TennesseeKingsport3,260$23,4001.4
TennesseeKnoxville9,090$26,8501.3
TennesseeMemphis11,550$27,0200.8
TennesseeMorristown970$25,1001.1
TennesseeNashville18,080$28,2501.1
TexasAbilene1,550$20,4301.3
TexasAmarillo2,420$20,7201.2
TexasAustin16,600$24,8701
TexasBeaumont2,890$21,9300.9
TexasBrownsville2,830$18,8801.1
TexasCollege Station2,170$19,9501.4
TexasCorpus Christi3,620$21,3401
TexasDallas39,350$25,9200.8
TexasEl Paso6,710$21,0401.2
TexasFort Worth14,990$23,8600.8
TexasHouston48,080$25,2900.8
TexasKilleen2,060$21,3400.8
TexasLaredo2,430$21,2901.5
TexasLongview2,020$22,1501.1
TexasLubbock2,120$21,7400.8
TexasMcallen5,270$19,4101.1
TexasMidland1,820$23,4801.4
TexasOdessa1,340$22,7901.2
TexasSan Angelo810$23,6201.1
TexasSan Antonio15,700$23,5700.8
TexasSherman800$22,2101.1
TexasTexarkana830$22,0200.8
TexasTyler1,500$21,8800.8
TexasVictoria880$22,3101
TexasWaco1,850$23,9300.9
TexasWichita Falls1,030$22,5000.9
UtahLogan1,010$22,6601.2
UtahOgden4,320$23,4701
UtahProvo3,700$22,4401.1
UtahSalt Lake City14,140$25,0401
UtahSt George1,120$22,4601.2
VermontBurlington990$27,6400.4
VirginiaBlacksburg2,050$24,8101.7
VirginiaCharlottesville4,250$28,920 2.3
VirginiaDanville1,030$24,0201.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg2,340$25,630 2.3
VirginiaLynchburg3,530$23,6901.7
VirginiaRichmond21,310$28,7901.6
VirginiaRoanoke4,960$25,4601.5
VirginiaVirginia Beach27,010$26,2801.6
VirginiaWinchester1,820$25,6401.8
WashingtonBellingham1,630$27,4601
WashingtonBremerton1,560$27,0100.9
WashingtonKennewick1,830$28,2401
WashingtonLongview760$25,8901.3
WashingtonMount Vernon1,010$26,9401.2
WashingtonOlympia3,000$28,8001.6
WashingtonSeattle27,320$30,7900.9
WashingtonSpokane4,720$26,7001.1
WashingtonTacoma5,460$28,6000.9
WashingtonWenatchee820$25,9801.1
WashingtonYakima1,830$27,0101.1
West VirginiaCharleston6,080$24,650 2
West VirginiaHuntington2,750$23,5001.2
West VirginiaMorgantown1,820$24,870 2.1
West VirginiaParkersburg2,010$23,3401.5
West VirginiaWeirton1,060$22,6501.3
West VirginiaWheeling2,120$23,2601.7
WisconsinAppleton2,350$26,1901
WisconsinEau Claire1,240$26,4200.8
WisconsinFond790$25,4301
WisconsinGreen Bay2,850$26,3400.8
WisconsinJanesville1,110$24,4900.9
WisconsinLa Crosse1,730$26,4201.3
WisconsinMadison6,780$28,3900.9
WisconsinMilwaukee16,220$27,8400.9
WisconsinOshkosh1,320$27,7400.8
WisconsinRacine1,540$26,0801
WisconsinSheboygan1,080$26,1801
WisconsinWausau1,200$26,3700.9
WyomingCasper360$24,6000.5
WyomingCheyenne300$24,7500.4
 

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