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Numbers of Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Year Number
2005 115,830
2006 113,870
2007 105,210
2008 99,690
2009 96,870
2010 92,380
2011 92,270
2012 93,000
2013 89,600
2014 91,290
2015 89,020
2016 90,950
2017 94,870

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Year Number
2005 7,070
2006 6,130
2007 5,430
2008 5,150
2009 5,120
2010 5,140
2011 5,380
2012 5,510
2013 5,670
2014 6,310
2015 5,950
2016 5,670
2017 5,420

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Year Number
2005 1,000
2006 820
2007 840
2008 800
2009 590
2010 520
2011 460
2012 530
2013 440
2014 420
2015 340
2016 270
2017 260

Telephone Operators
Year Number
2008 200
2009 140
2010 0
2011 30
2012 50
2014 40
2017 30

Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
Year Number
2011 40
2013 30

Bill and Account Collectors
Year Number
2005 2,290
2006 1,730
2007 2,810
2008 2,970
2009 2,950
2010 1,670
2011 1,590
2012 1,560
2013 1,310
2014 1,610
2015 1,270
2016 1,150
2017 540

Billing and Posting Clerks
Year Number
2005 3,150
2006 3,030
2007 2,960
2008 2,510
2009 2,450
2010 2,030
2011 2,100
2012 2,070
2013 2,180
2014 2,520
2015 2,530
2016 2,420
2017 2,440

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Year Number
2005 8,380
2006 8,350
2007 7,430
2008 7,390
2009 7,180
2010 6,820
2011 6,690
2012 6,430
2013 6,000
2014 5,780
2015 5,510
2016 6,130
2017 6,040

Gambling Cage Workers
Year Number
2007 210
2010 0
2011 0
2014 200
2015 280
2016 0
2017 200

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 770
2009 730
2010 650
2011 610
2012 560
2013 600
2014 600
2015 560
2016 530
2017 520

Procurement Clerks
Year Number
2005 350
2006 330
2007 330
2008 370
2009 390
2010 310
2011 310
2012 250
2013 280
2014 260
2015 250
2016 220
2017 260

Tellers
Year Number
2005 3,660
2006 3,800
2007 3,520
2008 2,610
2009 2,780
2010 2,690
2011 2,600
2012 2,340
2013 2,770
2014 2,890
2015 2,960
2016 2,220
2017 2,290

Financial Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2012 110
2013 130
2015 0
2016 0
2017 90

Brokerage Clerks
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 130
2008 0
2009 140
2010 100
2011 90
2012 80
2013 80
2014 90
2015 80
2016 100
2017 190

Correspondence Clerks
Year Number
2006 0
2007 40
2008 70
2009 70
2010 60
2011 40
2013 30

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,240
2006 1,360
2007 1,140
2008 1,560
2009 1,380
2010 1,280
2011 1,150
2012 1,400
2013 1,370
2014 1,880
2015 1,680
2016 1,550
2017 940

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Year Number
2005 120
2006 160
2007 180
2008 260
2011 380
2012 120
2013 70
2014 80
2015 100
2016 90
2017 120

Customer Service Representatives
Year Number
2005 12,510
2006 13,460
2007 10,180
2008 8,380
2009 8,650
2010 9,200
2011 11,550
2012 13,760
2013 15,090
2014 14,220
2015 13,860
2016 15,900
2017 16,110

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Year Number
2007 890
2009 940
2010 1,140
2012 1,250
2013 1,170
2014 1,230
2015 1,370
2016 1,250
2017 1,310

File Clerks
Year Number
2005 920
2006 640
2007 690
2008 540
2009 570
2010 500
2011 570
2012 410
2013 320
2014 320
2015 270
2016 270
2017 330

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,070
2006 1,020
2007 710
2008 560
2009 520
2010 570
2011 870
2012 750
2013 900
2014 760
2015 790
2016 590
2017 550

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
Year Number
2005 1,480
2006 1,420
2007 1,190
2008 1,120
2009 790
2010 690
2011 560
2012 480
2013 640
2014 890
2015 900
2016 780
2017 330

Library Assistants, Clerical
Year Number
2005 500
2006 580
2007 590
2008 660
2009 610
2010 570
2011 480
2012 450
2013 440
2014 450
2015 390
2016 440
2017 290

Loan Interviewers and Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,310
2006 1,710
2007 860
2008 710
2009 390
2010 320
2011 590
2012 580
2013 740
2014 440
2015 420
2016 0
2017 510

New Accounts Clerks
Year Number
2005 0
2006 350
2007 580
2008 450
2009 440
2010 210
2011 150
2012 130
2013 100
2014 130
2015 110
2016 190
2017 330

Order Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,050
2006 1,220
2007 1,170
2008 990
2009 720
2010 450
2011 500
2012 510
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 370
2017 410

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
Year Number
2005 820
2006 820
2007 750
2008 690
2009 760
2010 700
2011 610
2012 450
2013 380
2014 510
2015 480
2016 530
2017 500

Receptionists and Information Clerks
Year Number
2005 4,940
2006 5,190
2007 4,230
2008 4,230
2009 4,120
2010 4,170
2011 4,660
2012 4,480
2013 4,650
2014 4,720
2015 4,620
2016 4,490
2017 4,240

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,960
2006 1,930
2007 2,000
2008 1,790
2009 2,420
2010 2,190
2011 2,150
2012 2,960
2017 3,220

Information and Record Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2005 1,620
2006 1,690
2007 1,540
2008 1,100
2009 1,060
2010 1,000
2011 1,090
2012 1,050
2013 930
2014 750
2015 660
2016 520
2017 480

Cargo and Freight Agents
Year Number
2005 590
2006 470
2007 620
2008 460
2009 630
2010 620
2011 990
2012 760
2013 660
2014 670
2015 700
2016 690
2017 740

Couriers and Messengers
Year Number
2005 670
2006 610
2007 500
2008 510
2009 510
2010 540
2011 640
2012 540
2013 670
2014 560
2015 470
2016 670
2017 660

Public Safety Telecommunicators
Year Number
2005 620
2006 480
2007 400
2008 430
2009 420
2010 340
2011 320
2012 390
2013 360
2014 250
2015 180
2016 230
2017 540

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Year Number
2005 1,270
2006 1,140
2007 960
2008 1,220
2009 1,180
2010 1,190
2011 1,080
2012 1,040
2013 1,060
2014 850
2015 960
2016 770
2017 780

Meter Readers, Utilities
Year Number
2005 180
2006 180
2007 190
2008 290
2009 230
2010 180
2011 80
2012 90
2013 70
2014 60
2015 60
2016 60
2017 50

Postal Service Clerks
Year Number
2005 550
2006 560
2007 530
2008 520
2009 450
2010 440
2011 410
2012 460
2013 430
2014 430
2015 440
2016 330
2017 310

Postal Service Mail Carriers
Year Number
2005 2,760
2006 2,720
2007 2,610
2008 2,650
2009 2,570
2010 2,510
2011 2,470
2012 2,360
2013 2,400
2014 2,400
2015 2,250
2016 2,370
2017 2,400

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 2,850
2006 2,590
2007 2,600
2008 2,280
2009 2,060
2010 1,550
2011 1,450
2012 1,550
2013 1,370
2014 1,370
2015 1,310
2016 1,240
2017 1,290

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Year Number
2005 2,250
2006 2,160
2007 2,130
2008 2,000
2009 1,470
2010 1,330
2011 1,340
2012 1,310
2013 1,190
2014 1,510
2015 1,430
2016 1,290
2017 960

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Year Number
2005 3,450
2006 3,310
2007 3,330
2008 3,370
2009 3,000
2010 2,790
2011 2,760
2012 2,950
2013 2,760
2014 2,930
2015 3,110
2016 3,280
2017 4,540

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 390
2009 360
2010 240
2011 310
2012 300
2013 320
2014 280
2015 340
2016 280
2017 300

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 7,470
2006 7,610
2007 7,770
2008 7,150
2009 6,150
2010 4,940
2011 3,520
2012 3,000
2013 2,540
2014 2,550
2015 2,320
2016 1,980
2017 1,810

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 910
2006 1,120
2007 1,160
2008 1,160
2009 780
2010 760
2011 730
2012 930
2013 940
2014 1,050
2015 1,110
2016 990
2017 940

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 2,660
2006 2,040
2007 1,920
2008 1,540
2009 1,760
2010 1,840
2011 1,670
2012 2,050
2013 2,130
2014 2,120
2015 2,760
2016 3,880
2017 4,960

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Year Number
2005 8,470
2006 7,550
2007 7,100
2008 7,720
2009 7,420
2010 7,300
2011 6,760
2012 6,860
2013 6,610
2014 6,810
2015 7,540
2016 8,490
2017 9,250

Data Entry Keyers
Year Number
2005 1,130
2006 1,120
2007 870
2008 890
2009 770
2010 780
2011 920
2012 880
2013 840
2014 520
2015 480
2016 820
2017 970

Word Processors and Typists
Year Number
2005 1,280
2006 890
2007 700
2008 660
2009 570
2010 550
2011 550
2012 440
2013 430
2014 570
2015 560
2016 490
2017 330

Desktop Publishers
Year Number
2005 60
2006 120
2007 180
2008 200
2009 140
2010 70
2011 40
2012 50
2013 50
2014 60
2015 30
2016 40
2017 0

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
Year Number
2005 770
2006 1,250
2007 1,040
2008 1,000
2009 740
2010 670
2011 680
2012 560
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 980
2017 970

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
Year Number
2005 840
2006 770
2007 660
2008 700
2009 600
2010 600
2011 520
2012 430
2013 470
2014 380
2015 270
2016 530
2017 530

Office Clerks, General
Year Number
2005 17,990
2006 18,750
2007 17,770
2008 16,750
2009 16,990
2010 17,870
2011 17,640
2012 16,440
2013 16,820
2014 18,310
2015 16,750
2016 15,370
2017 13,880

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Year Number
2005 810
2006 460
2007 180
2008 230
2009 210
2010 390
2011 350
2012 370
2013 300
2014 220
2015 260
2016 230
2017 480

Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Year Number
2006 120
2007 140
2008 140
2009 80
2012 0
2013 0

Statistical Assistants
Year Number
2006 80
2007 60

Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 2,810
2006 2,030
2007 1,390
2008 1,550
2009 1,870
2012 970
2013 860
2014 290
2015 310
2016 260
2017 230