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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 610 $20,580 0.7 Alabama Auburn 960 $21,190 1.1 Alabama Birmingham 10,600 $22,400 0.9 Alabama Decatur 780 $20,630 0.7 Alabama Dothan 960 $20,370 0.8 Alabama Florence 850 $19,860 0.9 Alabama Gadsden 680 $21,740 1.1 Alabama Huntsville 3,100 $22,440 0.7 Alabama Mobile 4,610 $19,960 1.2 Alabama Montgomery 3,670 $21,180 1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 1,770 $20,710 1 Alaska Anchorage 4,350 $32,430 1.3 Alaska Fairbanks 790 $32,740 1.3 Arizona Kingman 1,110 $24,710 1.1 Arizona Phoenix 41,050 $28,430 1 Arizona Prescott 1,100 $23,750 0.9 Arizona Tucson 7,960 $26,670 1 Arizona Yuma 1,450 $24,230 1.2 Arkansas Fayetteville 3,000 $23,430 0.7 Arkansas Fort Smith 1,880 $22,060 0.8 Arkansas Hot Springs 940 $21,690 1.4 Arkansas Jonesboro 720 $20,590 0.8 Arkansas Little Rock 6,240 $22,510 0.8 Arkansas Pine Bluff 550 $19,930 0.9 California Bakersfield 5,740 $27,120 1 California Chico 2,260 $27,320 1.6 California El Centro 1,080 $25,960 1.1 California Fresno 8,310 $27,030 1.2 California Madera 700 $25,310 1 California Merced 1,450 $24,770 1.3 California Modesto 3,340 $26,330 1 California Napa 960 $29,370 0.8 California Oakland 25,440 $35,410 1.1 California Oxnard 6,290 $28,640 1 California Redding 1,460 $26,280 1.1 California Riverside 31,700 $27,490 1.1 California Sacramento 29,460 $30,450 1.5 California Salinas 2,930 $29,040 0.9 California San Diego 32,140 $28,740 1.1 California San Francisco 21,690 $33,430 1 California San Jose 15,940 $33,350 0.8 California San Luis Obispo 2,920 $27,790 1.4 California Santa Ana 36,570 $29,510 1.1 California Santa Barbara 5,190 $31,820 1.5 California Santa Cruz 2,410 $26,520 1.4 California Santa Rosa 3,880 $30,270 1 California Stockton 4,660 $27,420 1 California Vallejo 2,770 $31,020 1.1 California Visalia 3,560 $24,070 1.3 California Yuba City 750 $27,200 1 Colorado Boulder 1,860 $29,640 0.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 4,170 $26,220 0.8 Colorado Denver 18,030 $29,170 0.7 Colorado Fort Collins 1,410 $25,610 0.6 Colorado Grand Junction 1,060 $23,380 1 Colorado Greeley 890 $26,480 0.6 Colorado Pueblo 810 $25,880 0.8 Connecticut Bridgeport 7,990 $31,320 0.8 Connecticut Danbury 1,470 $30,390 1 Connecticut Hartford 10,750 $31,240 0.8 Connecticut New Haven 4,970 $30,750 0.8 Connecticut Norwich 2,000 $30,390 0.8 Connecticut Waterbury 1,240 $31,340 0.9 Delaware Dover 1,170 $27,520 1.1 Delaware Wilmington 8,390 $27,970 1.2 District of Columbia Washington 63,860 $32,620 1.2 Florida Cape Coral 3,480 $24,950 0.8 Florida Deltona 3,980 $22,290 1.2 Florida Fort Lauderdale 17,810 $24,760 1.1 Florida Fort Walton Beach 1,310 $23,370 0.9 Florida Gainesville 2,860 $23,140 1.2 Florida Jacksonville 13,770 $24,590 1 Florida Lakeland 4,390 $24,770 1.1 Florida Miami 25,150 $24,410 1.2 Florida Naples 2,490 $26,570 1 Florida Ocala 1,940 $23,640 1 Florida Orlando 19,570 $24,510 0.8 Florida Palm Bay 3,970 $24,160 1 Florida Palm Coast 340 $23,010 1.5 Florida Panama City 1,180 $23,690 0.9 Florida Pensacola 3,210 $23,900 1 Florida Port St Lucie 2,910 $23,500 1.1 Florida Punta Gorda 770 $22,350 1 Florida Sarasota 6,090 $24,600 1.1 Florida Sebastian 870 $22,560 0.9 Florida Tallahassee 4,050 $24,000 1.2 Florida Tampa 25,880 $25,360 1 Florida West Palm Beach 10,610 $24,780 0.9 Georgia Albany 1,490 $19,580 1.3 Georgia Athens 1,330 $23,170 0.9 Georgia Atlanta 49,360 $25,900 0.9 Georgia Augusta 4,290 $24,380 1 Georgia Brunswick 1,050 $23,270 1.3 Georgia Columbus 2,450 $22,630 1.1 Georgia Dalton 1,220 $24,390 0.8 Georgia Gainesville 1,340 $24,820 1 Georgia Hinesville 310 $25,180 1.4 Georgia Macon 2,320 $21,680 1.1 Georgia Rome 690 $22,290 1 Georgia Savannah 3,330 $24,590 1.1 Georgia Valdosta 870 $21,130 0.8 Georgia Warner Robins 910 $22,680 1 Hawaii Honolulu 10,940 $27,700 1.1 Idaho Boise 7,170 $26,450 1.2 Idaho Coeur Dalene 1,570 $24,340 1.5 Idaho Idaho Falls 1,670 $25,800 1.8 Idaho Lewiston 710 $26,210 1.8 Idaho Pocatello 1,160 $23,320 2.1Illinois Bloomington 1,470 $25,310 1.1 Illinois Champaign 1,750 $27,130 0.9 Illinois Chicago 72,040 $28,300 0.9 Illinois Danville 590 $24,300 1.3 Illinois Decatur 910 $22,810 1 Illinois Kankakee 970 $24,490 1.4 Illinois Peoria 3,370 $25,220 0.9 Illinois Rockford 2,520 $25,420 0.8 Illinois Springfield 3,080 $28,260 1.5 Indiana Anderson 710 $20,410 1 Indiana Bloomington 1,840 $25,150 1.4 Indiana Columbus 990 $24,050 1.2 Indiana Elkhart 2,160 $25,610 0.8 Indiana Evansville 3,250 $23,120 0.9 Indiana Fort Wayne 4,040 $24,500 0.9 Indiana Gary 6,300 $23,730 1 Indiana Indianapolis 15,560 $26,020 0.8 Indiana Kokomo 700 $23,950 1.1 Indiana Lafayette 1,900 $23,070 1.3 Indiana Michigan City 860 $24,400 1.1 Indiana Muncie 860 $22,480 1 Indiana South Bend 2,860 $22,510 1 Indiana Terre Haute 1,580 $20,330 1.1 Iowa Ames 1,130 $30,300 1.6 Iowa Cedar Rapids 2,930 $27,290 1 Iowa Davenport 3,740 $25,190 1 Iowa Des Moines 7,820 $28,460 1.1 Iowa Dubuque 1,040 $24,250 1.1 Iowa Iowa City 3,320 $31,700 2.3Iowa Sioux City 1,330 $25,350 0.9 Iowa Waterloo 1,840 $25,070 1.1 Kansas Lawrence 1,460 $20,410 1.7 Kansas Topeka 2,000 $24,660 0.9 Kansas Wichita 5,130 $25,660 0.8 Kentucky Bowling Green 810 $22,550 0.7 Kentucky Elizabethtown 440 $23,330 0.5 Kentucky Lexington 3,050 $26,820 0.6 Kentucky Louisville 8,870 $26,540 0.7 Kentucky Owensboro 510 $20,910 0.6 Louisiana Alexandria 820 $21,060 0.7 Louisiana Baton Rouge 7,330 $20,420 0.9 Louisiana Houma 1,880 $19,700 1 Louisiana Lafayette 3,070 $21,760 1 Louisiana Lake Charles 1,530 $22,080 0.9 Louisiana Monroe 1,790 $19,100 1.1 Louisiana New Orleans 9,080 $22,350 0.8 Louisiana Shreveport 3,530 $20,430 1 Maine Bangor 1,550 $25,050 1.2 Maine Lewiston 1,580 $24,850 1.7 Maine Portland 4,600 $27,260 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 34,950 $29,260 1.2 Maryland Bethesda 13,520 $32,670 1.1 Maryland Cumberland 980 $22,260 1.5 Maryland Hagerstown 2,340 $25,660 1.2 Maryland Salisbury 1,530 $26,780 1.5 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 2,120 $29,170 1 Massachusetts Boston 32,660 $32,010 0.9 Massachusetts Brockton 1,950 $34,130 1.1 Massachusetts Framingham 2,570 $33,050 0.8 Massachusetts Haverhill 1,330 $28,920 0.9 Massachusetts Lawrence 1,060 $30,680 1 Massachusetts Leominster 1,200 $29,070 1.3 Massachusetts Lowell 1,850 $33,250 0.7 Massachusetts New Bedford 1,320 $29,200 1 Massachusetts Pittsfield 910 $25,700 1.5 Massachusetts Springfield 6,140 $29,840 0.9 Massachusetts Taunton 1,030 $26,550 1.2 Massachusetts Worcester 5,670 $31,350 1.1 Michigan Ann Arbor 6,190 $27,970 1.8 Michigan Battle Creek 1,430 $27,110 1.5 Michigan Bay City 820 $22,320 1.3 Michigan Detroit 16,750 $27,940 1.1 Michigan Flint 4,310 $24,030 1.5 Michigan Grand Rapids 9,100 $29,840 1.1 Michigan Holland 2,580 $27,810 1.2 Michigan Jackson 1,690 $28,000 1.7 Michigan Kalamazoo 3,470 $27,400 1.2 Michigan Lansing 5,510 $26,010 1.3 Michigan Monroe 990 $26,050 1.3 Michigan Muskegon 1,380 $27,420 1.2 Michigan Niles 1,140 $27,970 0.9 Michigan Saginaw 1,790 $22,630 1.2 Michigan Warren 30,320 $26,910 1.2 Minnesota Duluth 3,270 $26,120 1.2 Minnesota Minneapolis 41,350 $29,760 1 Minnesota Rochester 2,120 $28,290 1.1 Minnesota St Cloud 2,430 $26,180 1.2 Mississippi Gulfport 1,040 $25,050 0.5 Mississippi Hattiesburg 740 $18,820 0.7 Mississippi Jackson 4,000 $22,550 0.7 Mississippi Pascagoula 600 $24,220 0.7 Missouri Columbia 2,970 $25,790 1.8 Missouri Jefferson City 1,880 $26,050 1.4 Missouri Joplin 2,290 $23,410 1.4 Missouri Kansas City 22,850 $28,780 1 Missouri Springfield 6,610 $24,300 1.6 Missouri St Joseph 1,300 $25,080 1.4 Missouri St Louis 35,230 $29,460 1.2 Montana Billings 1,060 $23,790 0.7 Montana Great Falls 360 $20,400 0.6 Montana Missoula 700 $22,920 0.7 Nebraska Lincoln 3,920 $20,740 1.1 Nebraska Omaha 6,280 $26,060 0.6 Nevada Carson City 730 $27,630 1.5 Nevada Las Vegas 19,990 $29,350 1 Nevada Reno 4,530 $29,450 1 New Hampshire Manchester 2,460 $31,510 1.1 New Hampshire Nashua 2,360 $30,330 0.8 New Hampshire Portsmouth 1,230 $30,010 1.1 New Hampshire Rochester 1,140 $30,180 1 New Jersey Atlantic City 1,790 $26,600 0.6 New Jersey Camden 9,280 $27,660 0.8 New Jersey Edison 18,880 $27,680 0.8 New Jersey Newark 18,500 $28,730 0.8 New Jersey Ocean City 710 $24,860 0.9 New Jersey Trenton 4,180 $29,980 0.9 New Jersey Vineland 960 $25,630 0.9 New Mexico Albuquerque 6,630 $23,610 0.8 New Mexico Farmington 770 $21,440 0.8 New Mexico Las Cruces 1,000 $18,900 0.8 New Mexico Santa Fe 1,050 $24,490 0.8 New York Albany 10,670 $27,530 1.1 New York Binghamton 2,120 $23,150 1 New York Buffalo 10,420 $24,820 0.9 New York Elmira 570 $25,450 0.9 New York Glens Falls 750 $23,770 0.7 New York Ithaca 880 $27,410 1.1 New York Kingston 970 $24,860 0.8 New York Nassau 25,470 $27,650 0.9 New York New York 115,580 $28,260 1 New York Poughkeepsie 3,990 $27,550 0.8 New York Rochester 7,570 $24,130 0.7 New York Syracuse 5,960 $24,640 0.9 New York Utica 2,910 $24,170 1.1 North Carolina Asheville 2,510 $23,570 0.7 North Carolina Burlington 800 $23,920 0.7 North Carolina Charlotte 13,040 $25,890 0.7 North Carolina Durham 5,240 $29,660 0.9 North Carolina Fayetteville 2,940 $23,530 1.2 North Carolina Goldsboro 630 $22,350 0.9 North Carolina Greensboro 5,340 $25,980 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 1,900 $26,340 1.3 North Carolina Hickory 2,060 $24,250 0.6 North Carolina Jacksonville 630 $23,360 0.8 North Carolina Raleigh 7,430 $25,950 0.7 North Carolina Rocky Mount 1,070 $23,190 0.9 North Carolina Wilmington 2,330 $23,820 0.8 North Carolina Winston Salem 2,850 $24,950 0.6 North Dakota Bismarck 1,440 $22,060 1.3 North Dakota Fargo 2,870 $24,710 1.2 North Dakota Grand Forks 990 $23,710 1.1 Ohio Akron 6,900 $25,690 0.9 Ohio Canton 3,790 $24,860 1 Ohio Cincinnati 17,320 $26,960 0.8 Ohio Cleveland 21,880 $26,780 0.9 Ohio Columbus 19,400 $31,070 0.9 Ohio Dayton 6,730 $27,240 0.8 Ohio Lima 1,030 $25,660 1 Ohio Mansfield 970 $24,440 1 Ohio Sandusky 700 $24,840 1.1 Ohio Springfield 960 $24,050 1.1 Ohio Toledo 5,880 $25,830 0.9 Ohio Youngstown 5,290 $23,590 1.1 Oklahoma Lawton 860 $23,740 1.3 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 15,380 $22,930 1.2 Oklahoma Tulsa 7,780 $24,220 0.8 Oregon Bend 1,460 $30,170 1.1 Oregon Corvallis 680 $28,570 1.2 Oregon Eugene 3,230 $27,870 1 Oregon Medford 1,970 $26,850 1.2 Oregon Portland 21,100 $29,600 0.9 Oregon Salem 4,170 $28,380 1.3 Pennsylvania Allentown 9,340 $27,100 1.3 Pennsylvania Altoona 1,860 $22,850 1.6 Pennsylvania Erie 3,150 $26,680 1.2 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 8,640 $29,070 1.3 Pennsylvania Johnstown 1,650 $24,120 1.5 Pennsylvania Lancaster 5,670 $27,430 1.1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 1,130 $26,200 1.3 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 51,690 $30,020 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 31,810 $26,190 1.3 Pennsylvania Reading 4,300 $28,030 1.2 Pennsylvania Scranton 6,830 $25,250 1.2 Pennsylvania Williamsport 1,430 $24,590 1.5 Pennsylvania York 3,990 $26,130 1 Rhode Island Providence 10,920 $27,410 0.9 South Carolina Anderson 1,360 $23,110 1.2 South Carolina Charleston 6,320 $24,620 1 South Carolina Columbia 10,300 $25,950 1.4 South Carolina Florence 1,670 $21,370 1 South Carolina Greenville 6,190 $23,380 0.9 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 2,430 $22,310 1 South Carolina Spartanburg 2,540 $22,650 1 South Carolina Sumter 980 $20,540 1.5 South Dakota Rapid City 540 $21,220 0.4 South Dakota Sioux Falls 1,190 $21,870 0.4 Tennessee Chattanooga 5,480 $25,750 1.1 Tennessee Clarksville 1,490 $24,100 1 Tennessee Cleveland 890 $23,570 1.4 Tennessee Jackson 1,370 $24,340 1.2 Tennessee Johnson City 1,440 $23,480 1 Tennessee Kingsport 3,260 $23,400 1.4 Tennessee Knoxville 9,090 $26,850 1.3 Tennessee Memphis 11,550 $27,020 0.8 Tennessee Morristown 970 $25,100 1.1 Tennessee Nashville 18,080 $28,250 1.1 Texas Abilene 1,550 $20,430 1.3 Texas Amarillo 2,420 $20,720 1.2 Texas Austin 16,600 $24,870 1 Texas Beaumont 2,890 $21,930 0.9 Texas Brownsville 2,830 $18,880 1.1 Texas College Station 2,170 $19,950 1.4 Texas Corpus Christi 3,620 $21,340 1 Texas Dallas 39,350 $25,920 0.8 Texas El Paso 6,710 $21,040 1.2 Texas Fort Worth 14,990 $23,860 0.8 Texas Houston 48,080 $25,290 0.8 Texas Killeen 2,060 $21,340 0.8 Texas Laredo 2,430 $21,290 1.5 Texas Longview 2,020 $22,150 1.1 Texas Lubbock 2,120 $21,740 0.8 Texas Mcallen 5,270 $19,410 1.1 Texas Midland 1,820 $23,480 1.4 Texas Odessa 1,340 $22,790 1.2 Texas San Angelo 810 $23,620 1.1 Texas San Antonio 15,700 $23,570 0.8 Texas Sherman 800 $22,210 1.1 Texas Texarkana 830 $22,020 0.8 Texas Tyler 1,500 $21,880 0.8 Texas Victoria 880 $22,310 1 Texas Waco 1,850 $23,930 0.9 Texas Wichita Falls 1,030 $22,500 0.9 Utah Logan 1,010 $22,660 1.2 Utah Ogden 4,320 $23,470 1 Utah Provo 3,700 $22,440 1.1 Utah Salt Lake City 14,140 $25,040 1 Utah St George 1,120 $22,460 1.2 Vermont Burlington 990 $27,640 0.4 Virginia Blacksburg 2,050 $24,810 1.7 Virginia Charlottesville 4,250 $28,920 2.3Virginia Danville 1,030 $24,020 1.6 Virginia Harrisonburg 2,340 $25,630 2.3Virginia Lynchburg 3,530 $23,690 1.7 Virginia Richmond 21,310 $28,790 1.6 Virginia Roanoke 4,960 $25,460 1.5 Virginia Virginia Beach 27,010 $26,280 1.6 Virginia Winchester 1,820 $25,640 1.8 Washington Bellingham 1,630 $27,460 1 Washington Bremerton 1,560 $27,010 0.9 Washington Kennewick 1,830 $28,240 1 Washington Longview 760 $25,890 1.3 Washington Mount Vernon 1,010 $26,940 1.2 Washington Olympia 3,000 $28,800 1.6 Washington Seattle 27,320 $30,790 0.9 Washington Spokane 4,720 $26,700 1.1 Washington Tacoma 5,460 $28,600 0.9 Washington Wenatchee 820 $25,980 1.1 Washington Yakima 1,830 $27,010 1.1 West Virginia Charleston 6,080 $24,650 2West Virginia Huntington 2,750 $23,500 1.2 West Virginia Morgantown 1,820 $24,870 2.1West Virginia Parkersburg 2,010 $23,340 1.5 West Virginia Weirton 1,060 $22,650 1.3 West Virginia Wheeling 2,120 $23,260 1.7 Wisconsin Appleton 2,350 $26,190 1 Wisconsin Eau Claire 1,240 $26,420 0.8 Wisconsin Fond 790 $25,430 1 Wisconsin Green Bay 2,850 $26,340 0.8 Wisconsin Janesville 1,110 $24,490 0.9 Wisconsin La Crosse 1,730 $26,420 1.3 Wisconsin Madison 6,780 $28,390 0.9 Wisconsin Milwaukee 16,220 $27,840 0.9 Wisconsin Oshkosh 1,320 $27,740 0.8 Wisconsin Racine 1,540 $26,080 1 Wisconsin Sheboygan 1,080 $26,180 1 Wisconsin Wausau 1,200 $26,370 0.9 Wyoming Casper 360 $24,600 0.5 Wyoming Cheyenne 300 $24,750 0.4
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