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Numbers of Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Year Number
2005 37,240
2006 38,780
2007 40,860
2008 40,820
2009 39,060
2010 36,830
2011 35,150
2012 34,570
2013 34,760
2014 34,660
2015 37,810
2016 37,170
2017 36,660

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Year Number
2005 2,610
2006 2,590
2007 2,910
2008 2,920
2009 2,860
2010 2,970
2011 2,690
2012 2,550
2013 2,510
2014 2,650
2015 2,800
2016 2,850
2017 2,840

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Year Number
2005 300
2006 320
2007 280
2008 260
2009 290
2010 270
2011 250
2012 190
2013 190
2014 210
2015 250
2016 220
2017 200

Bill and Account Collectors
Year Number
2005 680
2006 1,070
2007 850
2008 630
2009 0
2010 430
2011 0
2012 310
2013 330
2014 270
2015 450
2016 820
2017 710

Billing and Posting Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,210
2006 1,280
2007 1,040
2008 1,060
2009 1,220
2010 1,510
2011 1,400
2012 1,170
2013 1,200
2014 1,130
2015 1,170
2016 0
2017 0

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Year Number
2005 3,560
2006 3,550
2007 3,750
2008 3,950
2009 3,960
2010 3,990
2011 3,990
2012 3,540
2013 3,680
2014 3,490
2015 3,780
2016 3,410
2017 3,150

Gambling Cage Workers
Year Number
2007 130
2012 40

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Year Number
2005 390
2006 410
2007 340
2008 390
2009 360
2010 390
2011 360
2012 310
2013 320
2014 300
2015 290
2016 240
2017 260

Procurement Clerks
Year Number
2005 260
2006 250
2007 280
2008 310
2009 350
2010 280
2011 230
2012 180
2013 200
2014 160
2015 180
2016 160
2017 180

Tellers
Year Number
2005 1,650
2006 1,340
2007 1,500
2008 1,450
2009 1,410
2010 1,170
2011 960
2012 1,070
2013 1,040
2014 1,160
2015 1,170
2016 1,210
2017 1,160

Financial Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2012 110
2013 100
2014 100
2015 140
2016 110
2017 0

Brokerage Clerks
Year Number
2005 80
2006 80
2007 130
2008 90
2009 140
2010 60
2011 70
2012 50
2013 50
2014 0
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40

Correspondence Clerks
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 40
2008 70
2009 80
2010 80

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Year Number
2005 0
2006 610
2007 640
2008 520
2009 790
2013 240
2014 260
2015 250
2016 260
2017 310

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 80
2008 40
2009 40
2010 30
2011 60
2012 60
2013 60
2014 50
2015 50
2016 0

Customer Service Representatives
Year Number
2005 2,640
2006 2,620
2007 3,510
2008 3,290
2009 3,300
2010 2,730
2011 3,230
2012 3,100
2013 3,230
2014 3,900
2015 4,370
2016 4,230
2017 3,870

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Year Number
2006 270
2007 320
2008 100
2009 80
2010 300
2011 280
2012 260
2013 320
2014 130
2015 330
2016 320
2017 360

File Clerks
Year Number
2005 590
2006 450
2007 320
2008 320
2009 310
2010 330
2013 240
2014 270
2015 300
2016 190
2017 150

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Year Number
2005 180
2006 250
2007 350
2008 440
2009 470
2010 370
2011 290
2012 280
2013 380
2014 310
2015 290
2016 310
2017 380

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
Year Number
2005 240
2006 240
2007 340
2008 360
2009 380
2010 360
2011 240
2012 280
2013 400
2014 410
2015 390
2016 240
2017 270

Library Assistants, Clerical
Year Number
2005 220
2006 250
2007 270
2008 160
2009 150
2010 140
2011 250
2012 280
2013 260
2014 0
2015 160
2016 170
2017 160

Loan Interviewers and Clerks
Year Number
2005 420
2006 460
2007 490
2008 360
2009 310
2010 270
2011 590
2012 620
2013 660
2014 360
2015 310
2016 330
2017 320

New Accounts Clerks
Year Number
2005 300
2006 270
2007 270
2008 280
2009 300
2010 310
2011 280
2012 250
2013 210
2014 180
2015 150
2016 90
2017 0

Order Clerks
Year Number
2005 210
2006 220
2007 360
2008 520
2009 510
2010 620
2011 710
2012 710
2013 480
2014 610
2015 540
2016 500
2017 290

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
Year Number
2005 400
2006 430
2007 450
2008 460
2009 440
2010 370
2011 380
2012 380
2013 330
2014 310
2015 330
2016 330
2017 330

Receptionists and Information Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,950
2006 2,270
2007 2,390
2008 2,390
2009 2,100
2010 1,980
2011 1,810
2012 1,840
2013 2,080
2014 2,340
2015 2,260
2016 2,240
2017 2,190

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Year Number
2005 60
2007 0

Information and Record Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2005 1,270
2006 630
2007 960
2008 1,110
2009 1,140
2010 730
2011 700
2012 730
2013 680
2014 670
2015 600
2016 560
2017 540

Cargo and Freight Agents
Year Number
2006 210
2007 170
2008 170
2009 160
2010 140
2011 150
2012 230
2013 240
2014 220
2015 210
2016 170
2017 220

Couriers and Messengers
Year Number
2005 140
2006 100
2007 90
2008 70
2009 110
2010 100
2011 140
2012 90
2013 130
2014 190
2015 160
2016 110
2017 70

Public Safety Telecommunicators
Year Number
2005 100
2006 70
2007 60
2008 90
2009 90
2010 130
2011 130
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 150
2016 160
2017 150

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Year Number
2005 460
2006 470
2007 540
2008 430
2009 410
2010 390
2011 410
2012 530
2013 500
2014 520
2015 510
2016 550
2017 730

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

Postal Service Clerks
Year Number
2005 140
2006 150
2007 160
2008 200
2009 160
2010 150
2011 120
2012 140
2013 130
2014 130
2015 140
2016 150
2017 150

Postal Service Mail Carriers
Year Number
2005 760
2006 790
2007 800
2008 790
2009 730
2010 710
2011 700
2012 680
2013 700
2014 700
2015 740
2016 770
2017 760

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 400
2006 410
2007 400
2008 370
2009 330
2010 300
2011 290
2012 250
2013 240
2014 240
2015 240
2016 240
2017 230

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Year Number
2005 310
2006 320
2007 430
2008 420
2009 400
2010 370
2011 390
2012 350
2013 370
2014 490
2015 590
2016 870
2017 780

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,610
2006 1,420
2007 1,610
2008 1,770
2009 1,640
2010 1,470
2011 1,410
2012 1,430
2013 1,570
2014 1,500
2015 1,490
2016 1,280
2017 1,180

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Year Number
2005 300
2006 240
2007 80
2008 120
2009 120
2010 120
2011 90
2012 130
2013 120
2014 160
2015 240
2016 230
2017 220

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 1,020
2006 1,350
2007 1,490
2008 1,580
2009 1,350
2010 1,230
2011 1,010
2012 960
2013 730
2014 700
2015 590
2016 560
2017 560

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 500
2006 340
2007 210
2008 0
2009 250
2010 200
2011 210
2012 270
2013 310
2014 250
2015 240
2016 280
2017 370

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 1,810
2006 1,820
2007 1,870
2008 1,870
2009 2,000
2010 2,250
2011 2,030
2012 1,710
2013 1,260
2014 1,140
2015 1,200
2016 890
2017 880

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Year Number
2005 2,570
2006 2,960
2007 2,910
2008 3,150
2009 2,980
2010 3,000
2011 3,100
2012 3,610
2013 3,650
2014 3,640
2015 3,860
2016 3,860
2017 3,570

Data Entry Keyers
Year Number
2005 240
2006 360
2007 430
2008 450
2009 340
2010 220
2011 240
2012 260
2013 330
2014 220
2015 260
2016 230
2017 200

Word Processors and Typists
Year Number
2005 130
2006 160
2007 90
2008 100
2009 100
2010 90
2011 90
2012 90
2013 60
2014 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 60

Desktop Publishers
Year Number
2005 30
2009 0
2010 0

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
Year Number
2005 500
2006 590
2007 620
2008 680
2009 560
2010 530
2011 420
2012 520
2013 260
2014 0
2015 0
2016 730
2017 580

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
Year Number
2005 110
2006 100
2007 130
2008 150
2009 160
2010 130
2011 120
2012 120
2013 80
2014 80
2015 80
2016 120
2017 150

Office Clerks, General
Year Number
2005 6,000
2006 5,900
2007 5,750
2008 5,460
2009 5,000
2010 4,770
2011 4,550
2012 4,180
2013 4,070
2014 4,590
2015 5,740
2016 6,370
2017 7,310

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Year Number
2005 0
2006 80
2007 0
2008 340
2009 330
2010 90
2012 60
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2016 160
2017 160

Statistical Assistants
Year Number
2005 50
2007 50
2008 70
2009 60
2013 0
2014 0
2015 90
2016 0
2017 40

Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 680
2006 910
2007 910
2008 990
2009 740
2012 580
2013 650
2014 510
2015 560
2016 490
2017 500