Numbers of Office and Administrative Support Occupations in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Year Number
2005 91,290
2006 90,780
2007 89,230
2008 88,920
2009 83,730
2010 82,810
2011 81,340
2012 81,680
2013 83,960
2014 87,560
2015 89,310
2016 92,190
2017 90,210

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Year Number
2005 4,680
2006 4,580
2007 4,790
2008 5,140
2009 5,040
2010 5,320
2011 5,190
2012 5,180
2013 5,210
2014 5,870
2015 6,220
2016 6,920
2017 7,280

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

Year Number
2005 1,020
2006 860
2007 520
2008 540
2009 470
2010 570
2011 560
2012 640
2013 550
2014 530
2015 350
2016 360
2017 450

Telephone Operators

Year Number
2005 0

Bill and Account Collectors

Year Number
2005 1,840
2006 1,650
2007 2,100
2008 2,220
2009 2,660
2010 2,330
2011 2,540
2012 1,920
2013 1,550
2014 1,310
2015 1,430
2016 1,430
2017 1,070

Billing and Posting Clerks

Year Number
2005 2,150
2006 1,870
2007 1,720
2008 1,390
2009 1,380
2010 1,110
2011 1,120
2012 1,470
2013 2,050
2014 2,660
2015 2,480
2016 2,490
2017 2,020

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Year Number
2005 8,890
2006 8,770
2007 8,880
2008 8,150
2009 7,750
2010 7,030
2011 6,990
2012 6,260
2013 6,560
2014 6,710
2015 6,910
2016 7,490
2017 7,680

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Year Number
2005 770
2006 580
2007 460
2008 780
2009 560
2010 660
2011 380
2012 390
2013 390
2014 430
2015 460
2016 470
2017 560

Procurement Clerks

Year Number
2005 210
2006 210
2007 220
2008 230
2009 240
2010 220
2011 210
2012 220
2013 170
2014 170
2015 200
2016 230
2017 230

Tellers

Year Number
2005 2,640
2006 2,280
2007 2,780
2008 2,540
2009 2,560
2010 2,660
2011 2,760
2012 2,990
2013 2,500
2014 2,330
2015 1,960
2016 2,120
2017 2,120

Financial Clerks, All Other

Year Number
2012 90
2013 140
2014 0
2015 150
2016 150
2017 90

Brokerage Clerks

Year Number
2005 0
2006 270
2007 180
2008 240
2009 210
2010 300
2011 580
2012 680
2013 680
2014 510
2015 490
2016 520
2017 510

Correspondence Clerks

Year Number
2008 30
2009 30

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

Year Number
2005 310
2006 0
2007 670
2008 660
2009 670
2010 450
2013 400
2014 460
2015 490
2016 530
2017 540

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks

Year Number
2005 150
2006 190
2007 250
2008 200
2009 200
2010 140
2011 150
2012 90
2013 60
2014 50
2015 80
2016 80
2017 90

Customer Service Representatives

Year Number
2005 9,050
2006 9,380
2007 8,860
2008 8,500
2009 8,170
2010 9,360
2011 9,770
2012 10,790
2013 11,460
2014 13,480
2015 13,950
2016 14,150
2017 13,690

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs

Year Number
2005 30
2006 90
2007 0
2008 100
2009 70
2010 80
2011 60
2012 60
2013 50
2014 60
2015 130
2016 180
2017 190

File Clerks

Year Number
2005 1,630
2006 1,480
2007 1,290
2008 1,290
2009 1,170
2010 1,140
2011 1,060
2012 940
2013 1,190
2014 1,180
2015 1,140
2016 980
2017 960

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Year Number
2005 720
2006 930
2007 1,180
2008 1,050
2009 940
2010 780
2011 920
2012 1,000
2013 960
2014 680
2015 770
2016 920
2017 930

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan

Year Number
2005 550
2006 690
2007 820
2008 1,130
2009 960
2010 1,240
2011 0
2012 660
2013 640
2014 460
2015 440
2016 420
2017 510

Library Assistants, Clerical

Year Number
2007 590
2008 570
2009 570
2010 520
2011 500
2012 500
2013 490
2014 470
2015 460
2016 400
2017 410

Loan Interviewers and Clerks

Year Number
2005 1,460
2006 1,360
2007 1,370
2008 1,030
2009 930
2010 880
2011 820
2012 690
2013 710
2014 790
2015 750
2016 740
2017 590

New Accounts Clerks

Year Number
2005 310
2006 290
2007 370
2008 460
2009 400
2010 370
2011 180
2012 110
2013 80
2014 80
2015 80

Order Clerks

Year Number
2005 560
2006 720
2007 930
2008 850
2009 1,000
2010 1,050
2011 1,240
2012 1,050
2013 1,090
2014 1,140
2015 930
2016 530
2017 290

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Year Number
2005 670
2006 580
2007 560
2008 800
2009 670
2010 680
2011 430
2012 350
2013 340
2014 410
2015 460
2016 500
2017 420

Receptionists and Information Clerks

Year Number
2005 6,030
2006 5,900
2007 5,700
2008 6,140
2009 6,330
2010 6,150
2011 5,740
2012 6,240
2013 6,440
2014 6,940
2015 6,520
2016 7,630
2017 7,900

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Year Number
2005 750
2006 620
2007 570
2008 400
2009 290
2010 270
2011 380
2012 380
2013 330
2014 260
2015 330
2016 510
2017 560

Information and Record Clerks, All Other

Year Number
2005 1,440
2006 1,000
2007 920
2008 970
2009 880
2010 760
2011 700
2012 600
2013 710
2014 720
2015 840
2016 1,030
2017 850

Cargo and Freight Agents

Year Number
2005 0
2006 130
2007 90
2008 90
2009 130
2010 180
2011 270
2012 290
2013 240
2014 190
2015 120
2016 0
2017 130

Couriers and Messengers

Year Number
2005 450
2006 360
2007 390
2008 270
2009 290
2010 320
2011 290
2012 290
2013 240
2014 370
2015 280
2016 280
2017 140

Public Safety Telecommunicators

Year Number
2005 430
2006 400
2007 440
2008 440
2009 460
2010 450
2011 450
2012 460
2013 500
2014 490
2015 470
2016 480
2017 470

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Year Number
2005 530
2006 580
2007 480
2008 460
2009 340
2010 380
2011 390
2012 480
2013 620
2014 760
2015 850
2016 730
2017 640

Meter Readers, Utilities

Year Number
2005 150
2006 140
2007 0
2008 0
2009 220
2010 140
2011 130
2012 140
2013 140
2014 130
2015 80
2016 100
2017 140

Postal Service Clerks

Year Number
2005 320
2006 340
2007 330
2008 310
2009 310
2010 270
2011 250
2012 270
2013 270
2014 270
2015 260
2016 250
2017 260

Postal Service Mail Carriers

Year Number
2005 1,480
2006 1,560
2007 1,530
2008 1,570
2009 1,490
2010 1,400
2011 1,350
2012 1,340
2013 1,410
2014 1,410
2015 1,410
2016 1,490
2017 1,440

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

Year Number
2005 1,010
2006 880
2007 930
2008 860
2009 700
2010 610
2011 580
2012 550
2013 510
2014 510
2015 460
2016 450
2017 460

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Year Number
2005 530
2006 500
2007 480
2008 520
2009 620
2010 690
2011 590
2012 440
2013 350
2014 400
2015 440
2016 460
2017 620

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Year Number
2005 2,300
2006 2,200
2007 1,920
2008 2,740
2009 2,530
2010 2,780
2011 2,400
2012 2,070
2013 1,880
2014 1,870
2015 1,780
2016 1,800
2017 1,680

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping

Year Number
2005 270
2006 210
2007 120
2008 130
2009 320
2010 330
2011 330
2012 190
2013 150
2014 130
2015 180
2016 200
2017 190

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2005 8,170
2006 8,640
2007 8,490
2008 7,990
2009 6,900
2010 5,610
2011 4,820
2012 4,010
2013 3,860
2014 3,620
2015 3,520
2016 3,040
2017 2,540

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2005 1,850
2006 1,920
2007 1,690
2008 1,880
2009 1,290
2010 1,520
2011 1,360
2012 1,740
2013 1,970
2014 1,640
2015 1,290
2016 890
2017 910

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2005 2,180
2006 2,150
2007 2,050
2008 1,610
2009 1,320
2010 1,200
2011 1,410
2012 1,430
2013 1,400
2014 1,230
2015 1,510
2016 1,610
2017 1,880

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

Year Number
2005 8,450
2006 10,690
2007 10,980
2008 11,090
2009 9,860
2010 10,660
2011 11,310
2012 11,430
2013 12,500
2014 13,630
2015 14,540
2016 15,090
2017 13,070

Data Entry Keyers

Year Number
2005 1,550
2006 1,210
2007 1,010
2008 1,080
2009 1,090
2010 1,130
2011 970
2012 1,030
2013 1,070
2014 1,230
2015 1,320
2016 1,240
2017 1,050

Word Processors and Typists

Year Number
2005 360
2006 330
2007 280
2008 240
2009 230
2010 200
2011 210
2012 160
2013 140
2014 140
2015 190
2016 180
2017 150

Desktop Publishers

Year Number
2005 180
2006 0
2007 0
2009 80
2010 100
2011 120
2012 100
2013 60
2014 30

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks

Year Number
2005 1,230
2006 850
2007 460
2008 440
2009 510
2010 790
2011 880
2012 900
2013 570
2014 510
2015 590
2016 790
2017 770

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 580
2008 630
2009 560
2010 350
2011 330
2012 210
2013 220
2014 220
2015 240
2016 220
2017 180

Office Clerks, General

Year Number
2005 13,510
2006 12,040
2007 11,000
2008 10,610
2009 9,940
2010 9,380
2011 9,750
2012 9,800
2013 10,330
2014 10,060
2015 10,470
2016 11,120
2017 12,630

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Year Number
2005 300
2006 350
2007 250
2008 200
2009 190
2010 170
2011 120
2012 230
2013 330
2014 330
2015 370
2016 300
2017 260

Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Year Number
2005 100
2006 90
2010 80
2011 70
2012 90
2013 40
2014 30
2015 40

Statistical Assistants

Year Number
2005 80
2006 80

Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2006 830
2007 0
2008 350
2009 200
2012 730
2013 410
2014 660
2015 880
2016 690
2017 660