Numbers of Office and Administrative Support Occupations in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Year Number
2006 19,920
2007 19,500
2008 19,740
2009 19,280
2010 17,710
2011 17,350
2012 17,890
2013 16,830
2014 18,120
2015 17,450
2016 17,610
2017 17,110
2018 16,990
2019 17,850

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Year Number
2006 1,000
2007 950
2008 940
2009 930
2010 880
2011 920
2012 1,120
2013 970
2014 980
2015 890
2016 900
2017 830
2018 870
2019 1,040

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

Year Number
2006 130
2007 110
2008 140
2009 180
2010 160
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 180
2015 70
2016 140
2017 130
2018 0
2019 150

Bill and Account Collectors

Year Number
2006 300
2007 230
2008 270
2009 310
2010 240
2011 170
2012 170
2013 170
2014 140
2015 90
2016 80
2017 100
2018 80
2019 90

Billing and Posting Clerks

Year Number
2006 480
2007 430
2008 490
2009 390
2010 300
2011 320
2012 260
2013 280
2014 280
2015 250
2016 200
2017 170
2018 180
2019 280

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Year Number
2006 2,320
2007 2,320
2008 2,080
2009 2,130
2010 2,090
2011 2,150
2012 1,820
2013 1,450
2014 1,370
2015 1,510
2016 1,450
2017 1,410
2018 1,210
2019 1,280

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Year Number
2006 250
2007 230
2008 200
2009 210
2010 180
2011 170
2012 170
2013 170
2014 140
2015 130
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90
2019 100

Procurement Clerks

Year Number
2006 60
2007 50
2008 50
2009 50
2010 60
2011 70
2012 80
2013 60
2014 40
2019 30

Tellers

Year Number
2006 1,130
2007 1,040
2008 1,070
2009 1,060
2010 1,180
2011 1,140
2012 1,180
2013 1,090
2014 1,180
2015 1,070
2016 1,040
2017 960
2018 1,010
2019 1,040

Brokerage Clerks

Year Number
2009 0

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

Year Number
2006 120
2007 80
2008 180
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 220
2013 130
2014 140
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 200
2019 180

Customer Service Representatives

Year Number
2006 1,690
2007 1,740
2008 2,110
2009 2,050
2010 1,700
2011 1,560
2012 1,970
2013 1,840
2014 2,000
2015 1,640
2016 2,040
2017 1,840
2018 1,860
2019 1,940

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs

Year Number
2006 40
2008 0
2009 40
2012 240
2013 60
2014 50
2015 90
2016 110
2017 100
2018 60
2019 40

File Clerks

Year Number
2006 120
2007 330
2008 0
2010 100
2011 80
2012 90
2013 70
2014 80
2015 70
2016 60
2017 60
2018 60
2019 70

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Year Number
2006 260
2007 310
2008 280
2009 290
2010 370
2011 300
2012 400
2013 310
2014 340
2015 230
2016 210
2017 240
2018 390
2019 370

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan

Year Number
2006 70
2007 50
2008 50
2009 60
2010 60
2011 50
2015 80
2016 110
2017 110
2018 90
2019 0

Library Assistants, Clerical

Year Number
2006 230
2007 220
2008 280
2009 330
2010 0
2011 460
2012 320
2013 300
2014 410
2015 320
2016 280
2017 200
2018 250
2019 190

Loan Interviewers and Clerks

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

New Accounts Clerks

Year Number
2006 130
2007 150
2008 200
2009 220
2010 180
2011 140
2012 80
2013 80
2014 70
2015 70
2016 60
2017 60
2018 70
2019 40

Order Clerks

Year Number
2006 250
2007 0
2008 330
2009 400
2010 290
2011 250
2012 230
2013 190
2014 250
2015 220
2016 180
2017 90
2018 70
2019 140

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Year Number
2006 110
2007 140
2008 130
2009 140
2010 120
2011 120
2012 110
2013 100
2014 80
2015 80
2016 60
2017 60
2018 50
2019 60

Receptionists and Information Clerks

Year Number
2006 1,280
2007 990
2008 990
2009 960
2010 830
2011 860
2012 710
2013 790
2014 730
2015 800
2016 790
2017 850
2018 810
2019 860

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Year Number
2012 0
2013 0

Information and Record Clerks, All Other

Year Number
2006 0
2007 80
2008 100
2009 0
2010 190
2011 40
2012 60
2013 70
2014 60
2015 40
2017 30
2019 40

Cargo and Freight Agents

Year Number
2016 0
2017 0

Couriers and Messengers

Year Number
2006 100
2007 110
2008 100
2009 90
2010 70
2011 70
2012 80
2013 50
2014 80
2015 80
2016 90
2017 40
2018 70

Public Safety Telecommunicators

Year Number
2006 150
2007 170
2008 190
2009 200
2010 200
2011 190
2012 160
2013 170
2014 150
2015 150
2016 110
2017 110
2018 110
2019 130

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Year Number
2006 150
2007 120
2008 140
2009 120
2010 110
2011 100
2012 130
2013 120
2014 160
2015 180
2016 190
2017 170
2018 110
2019 130

Meter Readers, Utilities

Year Number
2006 80
2007 70
2008 70
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 60
2013 60
2014 50

Postal Service Clerks

Year Number
2006 130
2007 130
2008 140
2009 130
2010 110
2011 100
2012 110
2013 150
2014 150
2015 190
2016 200
2017 210
2018 190
2019 200

Postal Service Mail Carriers

Year Number
2006 560
2007 570
2008 560
2009 550
2010 540
2011 530
2012 510
2013 500
2014 500
2015 490
2016 490
2017 490
2018 520
2019 520

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

Year Number
2006 120
2007 120
2008 100
2009 90
2010 100
2011 80
2012 60
2013 50
2014 50

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Year Number
2006 270
2007 240
2008 180
2009 190
2010 210
2011 260
2012 240
2013 220
2014 210
2015 250
2016 230
2017 290
2018 370
2019 410

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Year Number
2006 1,010
2007 1,010
2008 1,040
2009 770
2010 790
2011 810
2012 860
2013 930
2014 1,260
2015 1,260
2016 1,160
2017 1,000
2018 1,000
2019 1,130

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping

Year Number
2006 180
2007 150
2008 120
2009 70
2010 90
2011 120
2012 170
2013 140
2014 150
2015 140
2016 120
2017 160
2018 130
2019 160

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2006 990
2007 1,230
2008 1,280
2009 1,430
2010 1,340
2011 1,300
2012 900
2013 680
2014 650
2015 780
2016 700
2017 680
2018 540
2019 410

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2006 170
2007 170
2008 250
2009 200
2010 0
2011 0
2012 160
2013 140
2014 0
2015 0
2016 110
2017 140
2018 180
2019 140

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Year Number
2006 260
2007 340
2008 340
2009 350
2010 270
2011 280
2012 250
2013 230
2014 220
2015 200
2016 280
2017 230
2018 0
2019 190

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

Year Number
2006 2,200
2007 2,280
2008 1,880
2009 1,630
2010 1,250
2011 1,250
2012 1,810
2013 2,220
2014 2,710
2015 2,770
2016 2,700
2017 2,600
2018 2,140
2019 1,790

Data Entry Keyers

Year Number
2006 300
2007 120
2008 100
2009 110
2010 110
2011 120
2012 60
2013 90
2014 140
2015 140
2016 110
2017 130
2018 110
2019 120

Word Processors and Typists

Year Number
2006 0

Desktop Publishers

Year Number
2007 70
2008 60
2009 30
2016 30

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks

Year Number
2006 260
2007 0
2008 0
2009 100
2010 90
2011 90
2012 90
2013 130
2014 120
2015 90
2016 60
2017 40
2018 40
2019 0

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

Year Number
2006 70
2007 50
2008 30
2009 80
2010 100
2011 90
2012 40
2013 30
2016 60
2017 0
2018 70
2019 0

Office Clerks, General

Year Number
2006 2,490
2007 2,560
2008 2,470
2009 2,460
2010 2,580
2011 2,630
2012 2,630
2013 2,450
2014 2,600
2015 2,690
2016 2,820
2017 3,090
2018 3,640
2019 4,240

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Year Number
2006 40
2007 0
2018 30

Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Year Number
2007 0

Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2006 250
2007 360
2008 680
2009 750
2012 220
2013 200
2014 270
2015 260
2016 260
2017 290
2018 220
2019 150