Numbers of Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division

Occupation group

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Year Number
2005 18,550
2006 17,580
2007 15,220
2008 15,300
2009 15,670
2010 14,780
2011 14,130
2012 13,860
2013 13,320
2014 14,000
2015 18,240
2016 17,360
2017 16,800

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Year Number
2005 1,160
2006 1,240
2007 1,130
2008 1,060
2009 1,230
2010 1,330
2011 1,220
2012 1,020
2013 1,080
2014 1,050
2015 1,410
2016 1,260
2017 1,430

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

Year Number
2005 150
2006 130
2007 0
2008 50
2009 110
2010 130
2011 150
2012 80
2013 60
2014 110
2015 110
2016 80
2017 50

Bill and Account Collectors

Year Number
2005 200
2006 280
2007 260
2008 180
2009 130
2010 150
2011 160
2012 170
2013 140
2014 160
2015 200
2016 180
2017 150

Billing and Posting Clerks

Year Number
2005 460
2006 420
2007 480
2008 420
2009 360
2010 250
2011 180
2012 340
2013 460
2014 520
2015 560
2016 440
2017 510

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Year Number
2005 1,880
2006 1,930
2007 1,600
2008 1,470
2009 1,430
2010 1,330
2011 1,360
2012 1,330
2013 1,400
2014 1,430
2015 1,800
2016 1,640
2017 1,630

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Year Number
2005 220
2006 190
2007 160
2008 170
2009 160
2010 140
2011 130
2012 150
2013 150
2014 160
2015 180
2016 170
2017 180

Procurement Clerks

Year Number
2005 60
2006 50
2007 80
2008 80
2009 60
2010 40
2011 50
2012 70
2013 60
2014 70
2015 70
2016 50
2017 60

Tellers

Year Number
2005 740
2006 660
2007 540
2008 540
2009 460
2010 420
2011 400
2012 420
2013 520
2014 460
2015 390
2016 360
2017 340

Correspondence Clerks

Year Number
2006 0
2017 40

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

Year Number
2007 40
2009 30
2012 50
2013 60
2014 60
2015 110
2016 120
2017 140

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks

Year Number
2005 50

Customer Service Representatives

Year Number
2005 2,320
2006 2,120
2007 2,140
2008 1,890
2009 2,040
2010 2,060
2011 1,920
2012 1,800
2013 1,890
2014 2,250
2015 2,430
2016 2,570
2017 2,660

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs

Year Number
2005 40
2006 170
2007 140
2008 190
2009 180
2010 170
2011 140
2013 170
2015 50
2016 40
2017 40

File Clerks

Year Number
2005 120
2006 90
2007 50
2008 60
2009 70
2010 70
2011 50
2012 50
2013 40
2014 60
2015 90
2016 70
2017 40

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Year Number
2005 0
2006 70
2007 120
2008 100
2009 130
2010 90
2011 90
2012 100
2013 150
2014 100
2015 110
2016 80
2017 70

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan

Year Number
2005 100
2006 110
2007 130
2008 160
2009 150
2010 130
2011 0
2012 70
2014 40
2016 30
2017 0

Library Assistants, Clerical

Year Number
2005 170
2006 80
2007 70
2008 80
2009 160
2010 140
2011 130
2012 100
2013 120
2014 120
2015 140
2016 140
2017 130

Loan Interviewers and Clerks

Year Number
2005 120
2006 80
2007 70
2009 50
2010 50
2011 120
2012 110
2013 110
2014 40
2015 70
2016 160
2017 130

New Accounts Clerks

Year Number
2012 110
2013 140
2014 70

Order Clerks

Year Number
2005 230
2006 210
2007 160
2008 160
2009 150
2010 160
2011 110
2012 170
2013 160
2014 150
2015 160
2016 100
2017 130

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Year Number
2005 220
2006 200
2007 180
2008 180
2009 190
2010 180
2011 160
2012 150
2013 120
2014 100
2015 120
2016 120
2017 110

Receptionists and Information Clerks

Year Number
2005 940
2006 1,170
2007 910
2008 950
2009 900
2010 860
2011 800
2012 640
2013 640
2014 730
2015 980
2016 1,050
2017 900

Information and Record Clerks, All Other

Year Number
2005 110
2006 90
2007 130
2008 140
2009 120
2010 70
2011 60
2012 70
2013 60
2014 40
2015 90
2016 70
2017 90

Cargo and Freight Agents

Year Number
2010 0
2011 40
2012 40

Couriers and Messengers

Year Number
2005 40
2006 60
2007 30
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0

Public Safety Telecommunicators

Year Number
2005 100
2006 110
2007 120
2008 130
2009 130
2010 110
2011 80
2012 160
2013 170
2014 160
2015 210
2016 180
2017 170

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Year Number
2005 170
2006 160
2007 180
2008 170
2009 180
2010 160
2011 130
2012 120
2013 140
2014 170
2015 230
2016 240
2017 230

Meter Readers, Utilities

Year Number
2005 0
2016 40

Postal Service Clerks

Year Number
2005 90
2006 80
2007 80
2008 80
2009 80
2010 70
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 70
2015 90
2016 90
2017 90

Postal Service Mail Carriers

Year Number
2005 320
2006 310
2007 330
2008 320
2009 310
2010 290
2011 270
2012 260
2013 250
2014 250
2015 330
2016 320
2017 330

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 50
2008 40
2009 30

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Year Number
2005 720
2006 330
2007 290
2008 320
2009 330
2010 330
2011 310
2012 270
2013 290
2014 370
2015 490
2016 400
2017 350

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Year Number
2005 830
2006 760
2008 1,300
2009 1,170
2010 680
2011 900
2012 960
2013 0
2014 0
2015 1,350
2016 820
2017 770

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping

Year Number
2005 140
2006 0
2010 40
2011 60
2012 40

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2005 1,640
2006 1,730
2007 1,370
2008 1,140
2009 1,270
2010 1,210
2011 1,010
2012 890
2013 720
2014 780
2015 860
2016 900
2017 820

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2005 120
2006 0
2008 0
2009 120
2010 90
2013 70
2014 90
2015 0
2016 0
2017 90

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2005 320
2006 340
2007 450
2008 360
2009 370
2010 380
2011 560
2012 630
2013 640
2014 550
2015 550
2016 500
2017 530

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

Year Number
2005 1,310
2006 1,260
2007 1,140
2008 1,110
2009 930
2010 1,000
2011 960
2012 1,030
2013 1,070
2014 1,160
2015 1,660
2016 1,650
2017 1,640

Data Entry Keyers

Year Number
2005 190
2006 240
2007 220
2008 270
2009 240
2010 120
2011 90
2012 40
2013 60
2014 60
2015 80
2016 100
2017 120

Word Processors and Typists

Year Number
2005 60
2006 40
2007 40
2008 50
2009 30
2010 40
2017 50

Desktop Publishers

Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2012 0
2013 0

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks

Year Number
2005 110
2006 120
2007 140
2008 140
2009 120
2010 100
2011 140
2012 170
2013 130
2014 160
2015 90
2016 130
2017 0

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2007 90
2008 60
2009 60
2010 40
2015 40
2016 30
2017 60

Office Clerks, General

Year Number
2005 2,790
2006 2,420
2007 2,200
2008 1,850
2009 2,150
2010 2,260
2011 2,180
2012 2,110
2013 2,100
2014 2,380
2015 3,100
2016 3,180
2017 2,630

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 40
2008 30
2010 50
2011 50
2015 40
2017 40

Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Year Number
2007 0

Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 170
2006 170
2007 60
2008 50
2009 40
2012 70
2013 80
2014 80
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50