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Numbers of Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Rhode Island

Occupation group

Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Year Number
2004 68,760
2005 74,080
2006 74,630
2007 77,990
2008 77,350
2009 75,020
2010 69,390
2011 70,140
2012 68,100
2013 67,330
2014 67,380
2015 68,750
2016 67,080
2017 64,570
2018 65,040
2019 62,850

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Year Number
2004 4,780
2005 4,830
2006 5,000
2007 5,320
2008 5,250
2009 5,290
2010 5,630
2011 5,680
2012 5,660
2013 5,600
2014 6,060
2015 5,870
2016 5,660
2017 5,150
2018 4,770
2019 4,240

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Year Number
2004 760
2005 560
2006 540
2007 520
2008 570
2009 570
2010 610
2011 600
2012 370
2013 390
2014 700
2015 510
2016 560
2017 520
2018 440
2019 0

Telephone Operators
Year Number
2006 120
2007 140
2008 100
2009 0
2010 0
2011 40
2014 60
2015 60
2016 60
2017 40
2019 40

Bill and Account Collectors
Year Number
2004 0
2005 1,070
2006 1,230
2007 1,270
2008 1,060
2009 1,050
2010 1,090
2011 1,110
2012 850
2013 930
2014 890
2015 870
2016 700
2017 500
2018 350
2019 340

Billing and Posting Clerks
Year Number
2004 1,850
2005 2,000
2006 2,220
2007 2,770
2008 2,600
2009 2,430
2010 1,920
2011 1,750
2012 1,650
2013 1,450
2014 1,510
2015 1,650
2016 1,810
2017 2,090
2018 2,130
2019 2,000

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Year Number
2004 8,270
2005 6,590
2006 6,820
2007 7,280
2008 7,230
2009 6,920
2010 6,930
2011 7,260
2012 7,160
2013 7,080
2014 6,870
2015 6,830
2016 6,090
2017 5,840
2018 6,150
2019 6,090

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Year Number
2004 650
2005 650
2006 770
2007 830
2008 790
2009 730
2010 650
2011 620
2012 640
2013 720
2014 710
2015 650
2016 480
2017 440
2018 490
2019 530

Procurement Clerks
Year Number
2004 420
2005 430
2006 470
2007 460
2008 420
2009 360
2010 250
2011 300
2012 320
2013 360
2014 350
2015 320
2016 270
2017 230
2018 230
2019 320

Tellers
Year Number
2004 1,920
2005 2,110
2006 2,390
2007 2,240
2008 1,930
2009 1,660
2010 1,470
2011 1,560
2012 1,900
2013 1,830
2014 1,820
2015 1,800
2016 1,380
2017 1,290
2018 1,290
2019 1,270

Financial Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2012 280
2013 210
2014 200
2015 220
2016 70
2017 80
2018 130
2019 140

Brokerage Clerks
Year Number
2004 0
2005 530
2006 0
2007 0
2008 220
2009 190
2010 0
2011 370
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 570
2016 570
2017 0
2018 240
2019 0

Correspondence Clerks
Year Number
2004 230
2005 220
2007 120
2008 80
2009 80
2010 50
2011 30
2012 30
2018 0
2019 0

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Year Number
2004 1,110
2005 760
2006 650
2007 560
2008 600
2009 590
2010 510
2011 470
2012 510
2013 520
2014 590
2015 600
2016 600
2017 650
2018 700
2019 720

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Year Number
2004 0
2005 110
2007 140
2008 160
2009 110
2010 90
2011 90
2012 70
2013 90
2014 90
2015 90
2016 70
2017 60
2018 50
2019 40

Customer Service Representatives
Year Number
2004 6,840
2005 7,060
2006 6,520
2007 7,790
2008 8,530
2009 8,830
2010 8,570
2011 8,840
2012 8,420
2013 8,560
2014 8,990
2015 9,790
2016 9,880
2017 9,450
2018 8,820
2019 8,460

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Year Number
2005 480
2006 0
2007 520
2008 530
2009 480
2010 570
2012 550
2013 480
2014 470
2015 470
2016 440
2017 480
2018 570
2019 580

File Clerks
Year Number
2004 700
2005 690
2006 680
2007 550
2008 620
2009 550
2010 700
2011 620
2012 480
2013 480
2014 480
2015 450
2016 460
2017 380
2018 400
2019 290

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Year Number
2004 0
2005 450
2006 510
2007 550
2008 620
2009 660
2010 630
2011 690
2012 620
2013 450
2014 420
2015 380
2016 530
2017 480
2018 640
2019 920

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
Year Number
2004 480
2005 500
2006 470
2007 410
2008 370
2009 330
2010 290
2011 340
2012 370
2013 450
2014 430
2015 410
2016 660
2017 720
2018 760
2019 490

Library Assistants, Clerical
Year Number
2004 650
2005 520
2006 350
2007 400
2008 430
2009 550
2010 530
2011 530
2012 440
2013 430
2014 350
2015 430
2016 380
2017 540
2018 610
2019 610

Loan Interviewers and Clerks
Year Number
2004 1,470
2005 1,380
2006 1,420
2007 1,300
2008 1,080
2009 1,110
2010 1,050
2011 950
2012 920
2013 960
2014 1,050
2015 1,010
2016 1,010
2017 990
2018 990
2019 1,230

New Accounts Clerks
Year Number
2004 240
2005 260
2007 0
2008 480
2009 270
2010 0
2011 220
2012 250
2013 140
2014 130
2015 90
2016 0
2018 0
2019 0

Order Clerks
Year Number
2005 640
2006 800
2007 840
2008 750
2009 470
2010 400
2011 360
2012 390
2013 330
2014 290
2015 310
2016 320
2017 280
2018 180
2019 140

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
Year Number
2004 660
2005 790
2006 880
2007 790
2008 890
2009 800
2010 760
2011 570
2012 480
2013 560
2014 600
2015 610
2016 600
2017 560
2018 530
2019 550

Receptionists and Information Clerks
Year Number
2004 3,770
2005 4,400
2006 4,600
2007 5,040
2008 5,180
2009 4,890
2010 4,120
2011 3,600
2012 3,640
2013 3,830
2014 4,030
2015 4,000
2016 3,850
2017 3,970
2018 4,140
2019 4,330

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Year Number
2004 370
2005 340
2007 460
2008 470
2009 310
2010 280
2011 270
2012 260
2013 280
2014 260
2015 250
2019 140

Information and Record Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2004 470
2005 480
2006 470
2007 530
2008 680
2009 670
2010 520
2011 330
2012 280
2013 250
2014 210
2015 210
2016 320
2017 280
2018 290
2019 200

Cargo and Freight Agents
Year Number
2004 0
2007 200
2008 0
2009 420
2010 300
2011 0
2012 70
2013 100
2014 110
2015 110
2016 90
2017 90
2018 280
2019 200

Couriers and Messengers
Year Number
2004 0
2005 400
2006 400
2007 370
2008 550
2009 630
2010 730
2011 440
2012 460
2013 360
2014 0
2015 220
2016 270
2017 370
2018 330
2019 0

Public Safety Telecommunicators
Year Number
2004 340
2005 320
2006 310
2007 320
2008 370
2009 420
2010 370
2011 340
2012 350
2013 380
2014 440
2015 430
2016 420
2017 420
2018 390
2019 390

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Year Number
2004 0
2005 570
2006 650
2007 690
2008 680
2009 620
2010 510
2011 520
2012 420
2013 530
2014 540
2015 600
2016 470
2017 380
2018 290
2019 460

Meter Readers, Utilities
Year Number
2004 0
2005 100
2006 130
2007 0
2008 50
2009 0
2010 130
2011 110
2012 110
2013 60
2014 50

Postal Service Clerks
Year Number
2004 390
2005 380
2006 370
2007 340
2008 340
2009 320
2010 290
2011 280
2012 270
2013 250
2014 250
2015 280
2016 280
2017 290
2018 270
2019 280

Postal Service Mail Carriers
Year Number
2004 1,400
2005 1,410
2006 1,380
2007 1,370
2008 1,410
2009 1,350
2010 1,300
2011 1,250
2012 1,190
2013 1,180
2014 1,180
2015 1,240
2016 1,250
2017 1,290
2018 1,290
2019 1,280

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2004 940
2005 920
2006 870
2007 850
2008 780
2009 700
2010 630
2011 650
2012 640
2013 660
2014 660
2015 660
2016 660
2017 650
2018 590
2019 610

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Year Number
2004 830
2005 1,020
2006 950
2007 900
2008 880
2009 780
2010 680
2011 630
2012 620
2013 690
2014 670
2015 660
2016 660
2017 650
2018 620
2019 720

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Year Number
2004 2,820
2005 3,010
2006 2,960
2007 2,850
2008 2,830
2009 2,500
2010 2,520
2011 2,390
2012 2,360
2013 2,210
2014 1,870
2015 2,020
2016 1,910
2017 1,870
2018 1,670
2019 2,430

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Year Number
2004 0
2005 140
2006 150
2007 90
2008 40
2009 70
2010 90
2011 120
2012 120
2013 150
2014 300
2015 500
2016 510
2017 0
2018 170
2019 200

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2004 4,550
2005 4,190
2006 3,810
2007 3,620
2008 3,340
2009 2,950
2010 0
2011 1,870
2012 1,370
2013 1,210
2014 1,090
2015 1,100
2016 1,150
2017 1,060
2018 910
2019 870

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2004 0
2005 990
2006 880
2007 1,140
2008 1,280
2009 1,420
2010 1,250
2011 1,050
2012 960
2013 830
2014 830
2015 570
2016 660
2017 740
2018 1,120
2019 1,070

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2004 2,290
2005 3,260
2006 3,280
2007 3,220
2008 2,940
2009 2,600
2010 2,920
2011 3,030
2012 3,150
2013 2,510
2014 2,300
2015 2,310
2016 2,470
2017 2,000
2018 1,670
2019 1,560

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Year Number
2004 6,880
2005 6,410
2006 6,740
2007 6,860
2008 6,850
2009 6,710
2010 6,920
2011 7,320
2012 7,250
2013 7,110
2014 7,040
2015 6,900
2016 6,610
2017 6,560
2018 6,790
2019 6,590

Data Entry Keyers
Year Number
2004 790
2005 0
2006 910
2007 1,140
2008 920
2009 890
2010 730
2011 700
2012 560
2013 690
2014 730
2015 750
2016 640
2017 520
2018 560
2019 440

Word Processors and Typists
Year Number
2004 1,090
2005 760
2006 790
2007 730
2008 790
2009 740
2010 750
2011 720
2012 690
2013 550
2014 480
2015 400
2016 420
2017 420
2018 290
2019 280

Desktop Publishers
Year Number
2004 70
2005 80
2006 100
2008 40
2009 50
2010 50
2011 50

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
Year Number
2004 0
2005 1,090
2007 0
2008 0
2009 1,490
2010 1,160
2011 1,160
2012 940
2013 1,240
2014 960
2015 1,110
2016 900
2017 880
2018 830
2019 730

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
Year Number
2004 520
2005 0
2006 470
2007 410
2008 400
2009 460
2010 460
2011 410
2012 270
2013 230
2014 240
2015 240
2016 260
2017 210
2018 240
2019 230

Office Clerks, General
Year Number
2004 9,710
2005 10,640
2006 11,490
2007 10,620
2008 9,040
2009 7,790
2010 8,110
2011 8,950
2012 9,240
2013 9,580
2014 9,420
2015 9,470
2016 9,950
2017 10,680
2018 11,360
2019 10,460

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Year Number
2006 380
2007 200
2008 190
2009 130
2010 170
2011 160
2012 150
2013 0
2014 120
2015 160
2016 230
2018 100
2019 50

Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Year Number
2007 100
2008 120
2009 110
2010 40

Statistical Assistants
Year Number
2004 40
2005 30
2008 40
2009 50
2010 30
2015 40
2016 40
2017 50
2018 40

Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 460
2005 510
2006 700
2007 1,140
2008 1,830
2009 1,920
2012 370
2013 430
2014 540
2015 530
2016 460
2017 420
2018 330
2019 330