Office Clerks, General
SOC 43-9061 · 2024-2034
Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring knowledge of office systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, office machine operation, and filing.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -4.5%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $49,607per year
- Projected openings
- 356,700
- Projected change
- -4.5%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Numerous Job Openings
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $57,884 | 17,480 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $57,543 | 15,940 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $56,055 | 20,340 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $54,938 | 4,200 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $52,767 | 1,960 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $51,179 | 2,630 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $50,934 | 3,670 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $50,025 | 32,620 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $49,841 | 1,430 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $49,596 | 3,190 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $49,473 | 2,120 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $49,034 | 25,830 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $48,686 | 6,110 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $48,543 | 2,790 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $48,525 | 93,660 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $48,155 | 5,780 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $47,744 | 30,840 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $47,614 | 1,130 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $46,684 | 9,960 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $46,633 | 29,520 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $46,572 | 1,310 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $46,470 | 2,920 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $46,439 | 1,090 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $46,368 | 2,480 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $46,286 | 2,160 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $45,990 | 1,430 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $45,990 | 3,570 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $45,571 | 5,930 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $44,774 | 1,420 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $41,239 | 1,350 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $41,096 | 2,080 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | $56,711 | 182,240 | +1.4% |
| File Clerks | $50,200 | 8,840 | -13.3% |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | $45,143 | 112,320 | +5.3% |
| Administrative Services Managers | $110,717 | 37,770 | +7.1% |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | $55,779 | 128,130 | +12.6% |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | $91,106 | 62,570 | +1.3% |
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