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Numbers of Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Occupation group

Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Year Number
2005 55,610
2006 55,550
2007 55,620
2008 57,080
2009 55,310
2010 52,840
2011 51,830
2012 53,380
2013 53,250
2014 54,970
2015 50,360
2016 51,030
2017 55,610
2018 56,670
2019 52,060

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Year Number
2005 3,370
2006 3,300
2007 3,200
2008 3,170
2009 3,230
2010 3,420
2011 3,330
2012 3,130
2013 3,190
2014 3,400
2015 3,150
2016 3,430
2017 4,060
2018 4,070
2019 3,680

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Year Number
2005 290
2006 240
2007 240
2008 190
2009 190
2010 170
2011 140
2012 120
2013 100
2014 100
2015 80
2016 70
2017 40
2018 60
2019 60

Bill and Account Collectors
Year Number
2005 1,710
2006 1,830
2007 1,850
2008 1,640
2009 1,640
2010 2,170
2011 2,120
2012 1,840
2013 1,760
2014 1,710
2017 1,450
2018 1,990
2019 1,640

Billing and Posting Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,610
2006 1,690
2007 1,510
2008 1,270
2009 1,350
2010 1,200
2011 1,050
2012 910
2013 1,010
2014 1,140
2015 930
2016 1,000
2017 1,110
2018 1,310
2019 1,400

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Year Number
2005 5,090
2006 4,760
2007 4,660
2008 5,020
2009 4,910
2010 4,530
2011 4,500
2012 4,310
2013 4,400
2014 4,330
2015 4,640
2016 4,680
2017 5,110
2018 5,060
2019 4,860

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Year Number
2005 390
2006 370
2007 260
2008 280
2009 290
2010 280
2011 300
2012 390
2013 400
2014 370
2015 310
2016 280
2017 270
2018 280
2019 280

Procurement Clerks
Year Number
2005 150
2006 180
2007 150
2008 130
2009 110
2010 120
2011 130
2012 130
2013 110
2014 120
2015 120
2016 110
2017 100
2018 100
2019 120

Tellers
Year Number
2005 1,160
2006 1,620
2007 1,340
2008 1,400
2009 1,410
2010 2,390
2011 2,440
2012 2,290
2013 2,220
2014 1,920
2015 2,430
2016 2,250
2017 1,630
2018 1,500
2019 1,010

Financial Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2013 50
2014 60
2018 180
2019 110

Brokerage Clerks
Year Number
2005 140
2006 190
2007 160
2008 180
2009 240
2010 220
2011 260
2012 180
2013 210
2014 170
2015 170
2016 190
2017 180
2018 200
2019 180

Correspondence Clerks
Year Number
2007 70
2012 50

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Year Number
2005 260
2007 350
2008 360
2009 380
2010 360
2011 370
2012 350
2013 380
2014 360
2015 350
2016 170
2017 190
2018 210
2019 200

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Year Number
2005 110
2006 70
2007 50
2008 80
2009 130
2010 170
2011 200
2012 150
2013 140
2014 340
2015 310
2016 60
2017 50
2018 60
2019 30

Customer Service Representatives
Year Number
2005 8,660
2006 8,520
2007 8,840
2008 8,790
2009 8,630
2010 8,590
2011 8,470
2012 8,700
2013 8,610
2014 10,390
2015 8,800
2016 10,300
2017 12,130
2018 10,980
2019 10,480

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Year Number
2005 200
2010 390
2011 410
2012 480
2013 490
2014 450
2015 460
2016 390
2017 400
2018 410
2019 620

File Clerks
Year Number
2005 470
2006 430
2007 320
2008 280
2009 240
2010 260
2011 200
2012 220
2013 220
2014 230
2015 220
2016 260
2017 210
2018 160
2019 110

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Year Number
2005 440
2006 470
2007 570
2008 540
2009 650
2010 550
2011 580
2012 490
2013 540
2014 530
2015 700
2016 780
2017 750
2018 840
2019 690

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
Year Number
2005 330
2006 410
2007 270
2008 190
2009 220
2010 290
2011 530
2012 470
2013 490
2014 330
2015 370
2016 410
2017 320
2018 280
2019 360

Library Assistants, Clerical
Year Number
2005 230
2006 200
2007 270
2008 280
2009 280
2010 280
2011 190
2012 190
2013 170
2014 220
2015 240
2016 240
2017 240
2018 250
2019 290

Loan Interviewers and Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,540
2006 2,280
2007 1,890
2008 2,340
2009 2,100
2010 1,310
2014 0
2017 2,950
2018 2,820

New Accounts Clerks
Year Number
2005 180
2006 150
2007 160
2008 220
2009 240
2010 400
2011 420
2012 390
2013 350
2014 260
2015 410
2016 410
2017 280
2018 400
2019 270

Order Clerks
Year Number
2005 690
2006 630
2007 670
2008 640
2009 630
2010 530
2011 440
2012 380
2013 400
2014 330
2015 300
2016 190
2017 200
2018 230
2019 210

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
Year Number
2005 250
2006 260
2007 400
2008 450
2009 480
2010 360
2011 340
2012 350
2013 330
2014 310
2015 240
2016 240
2017 240
2018 250
2019 230

Receptionists and Information Clerks
Year Number
2005 2,350
2006 2,690
2007 2,940
2008 3,030
2009 2,680
2010 2,420
2011 2,310
2012 2,290
2013 2,250
2014 2,110
2015 2,130
2016 2,070
2017 1,970
2018 2,300
2019 2,280

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Year Number
2005 120
2006 180
2008 0
2012 0
2013 90
2017 0
2018 0
2019 200

Information and Record Clerks, All Other
Year Number
2005 490
2006 380
2007 370
2008 340
2009 380
2010 310
2011 320
2012 300
2013 250
2014 270
2015 260
2019 250

Cargo and Freight Agents
Year Number
2005 50
2006 0
2007 0
2008 120
2009 40
2010 30
2011 30
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 110
2016 0
2017 170
2018 160
2019 170

Couriers and Messengers
Year Number
2005 120
2006 90
2007 140
2008 240
2009 240
2010 370
2011 330
2012 320
2013 160
2014 110
2015 120
2016 190
2017 130
2018 130
2019 120

Public Safety Telecommunicators
Year Number
2005 120
2006 110
2007 80
2008 140
2009 140
2010 110
2011 120
2012 120
2013 140
2014 140
2015 140
2016 120
2017 0
2018 140
2019 140

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Year Number
2005 280
2006 350
2007 350
2008 380
2009 400
2010 470
2011 510
2012 510
2013 440
2014 410
2015 410
2016 300
2017 350
2018 380
2019 420

Meter Readers, Utilities
Year Number
2007 0
2008 120
2009 100
2010 100
2011 40
2012 60
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 50
2018 50

Postal Service Clerks
Year Number
2005 110
2006 110
2007 100
2008 130
2009 130
2010 110
2011 120
2012 140
2013 160
2014 160
2015 160
2016 180
2017 190
2018 180
2019 170

Postal Service Mail Carriers
Year Number
2005 690
2006 680
2007 700
2008 690
2009 650
2010 640
2011 610
2012 610
2013 600
2014 600
2015 620
2016 660
2017 690
2018 710
2019 700

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 1,160
2006 1,180
2007 1,190
2008 1,110
2009 1,010
2010 1,060
2011 1,110
2012 1,060
2013 990
2014 990
2015 1,010
2016 1,060
2017 1,000
2018 850
2019 870

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Year Number
2005 550
2006 460
2007 510
2008 540
2009 610
2010 510
2011 580
2012 470
2013 550
2014 610
2015 660
2016 660
2017 750
2018 760
2019 870

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,210
2006 1,160
2007 1,150
2008 1,210
2009 990
2010 850
2011 890
2012 1,020
2013 1,080
2014 970
2015 940
2016 900
2017 920
2018 810
2019 990

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Year Number
2005 60
2006 40
2007 0
2008 100
2009 150
2010 80
2011 80
2012 70
2013 90
2014 100
2015 110
2016 150
2017 160
2018 210
2019 160

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 3,790
2006 4,500
2007 4,320
2008 4,290
2009 3,750
2010 3,400
2011 3,470
2012 3,310
2013 3,360
2014 3,260
2015 3,050
2016 2,400
2017 2,070
2018 1,760
2019 1,610

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 940
2006 760
2007 610
2008 510
2009 600
2010 380
2011 620
2012 560
2013 600
2014 580
2015 390
2016 530
2017 0
2018 450
2019 290

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Year Number
2005 630
2006 730
2007 780
2008 810
2009 720
2010 870
2011 910
2012 1,030
2013 1,290
2014 1,350
2015 1,300
2016 1,130
2017 1,010
2018 1,170
2019 1,380

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Year Number
2005 2,920
2006 2,990
2007 3,010
2008 3,510
2009 3,380
2010 3,580
2011 3,730
2012 3,840
2013 3,590
2014 3,680
2015 3,430
2016 3,880
2017 3,760
2018 3,700
2019 3,390

Data Entry Keyers
Year Number
2005 970
2006 800
2007 770
2008 570
2009 490
2010 430
2011 350
2012 290
2013 340
2014 430
2015 420
2016 310
2017 230
2018 200
2019 160

Word Processors and Typists
Year Number
2005 540
2006 460
2007 390
2008 370
2009 320
2010 200
2011 140
2012 170
2013 140
2014 160
2015 110
2016 130
2017 120
2018 130
2019 180

Desktop Publishers
Year Number
2007 50
2008 90
2009 70
2010 50
2011 100
2012 90
2013 90
2014 70
2015 60
2016 70
2017 40
2018 70
2019 70

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
Year Number
2005 1,680
2006 1,320
2007 1,500
2008 1,640
2009 1,790
2010 0
2011 0
2012 2,460
2013 2,250
2014 2,340
2015 1,890
2016 1,790
2017 1,740
2018 2,150
2019 2,940

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
Year Number
2005 790
2006 1,000
2007 1,280
2008 970
2009 860
2010 510
2011 710
2012 610
2013 990
2014 810
2015 1,260
2016 1,080
2017 0
2018 550
2019 410

Office Clerks, General
Year Number
2005 7,940
2006 7,190
2007 7,640
2008 7,820
2009 7,490
2010 7,630
2011 7,540
2012 7,800
2013 7,400
2014 7,870
2015 6,660
2016 7,080
2017 7,600
2018 7,620
2019 7,010

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Year Number
2005 440
2006 360
2008 510
2009 520
2010 340
2011 340
2012 410
2013 420
2014 380
2015 390
2016 410
2017 360
2018 250
2019 200

Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Year Number
2005 30
2009 50
2010 50
2011 60
2012 40

Statistical Assistants
Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 60
2010 80
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 50
2015 70
2016 120
2017 130
2018 60
2019 70

Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 360
2006 410
2007 450
2008 330
2009 340
2012 210
2013 340
2014 450
2015 430
2016 350
2017 260
2018 240
2019 180