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Administrative & Secretarial Salaries (2025)
✓ Sourced directly from ONS ASHE & BLS OES · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · First published: 2026-08-25 · Last updated: 2026-10-25
✓ ONS & BLS Verified Rates — Updated July 2026
ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional) · BLS OES May 2025
49 job titles, sorted by UK median salary.
Administrative & Secretarial pay at a glance
In the UK, the 14 administrative & secretarial occupations with ONS data have median pay ranging from £18,152 (Receptionists) to £35,000 (Office Managers); the average of those medians is about £27,161.
In the US, the 45 occupations with BLS data range from $35,070 (Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks) to $76,590 (Personal Assistants and Other Secretaries), averaging about $49,667.
These are unweighted averages of the occupation medians listed below, not official category-wide figures, and UK and US figures are never converted or combined.
| Job title | UK median | US median |
|---|
| Brokerage Clerks (US) |
— |
$65,750 |
| Postal Service Clerks (US) |
— |
$62,130 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers (US) |
— |
$60,550 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (US) |
— |
$59,650 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks (US) |
— |
$58,260 |
| Desktop Publishers (US) |
— |
$55,290 |
| Communications Equipment Operators, All Other (US) |
— |
$54,680 |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (US) |
— |
$54,210 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents (US) |
— |
$52,260 |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers (US) |
— |
$51,120 |
| Procurement Clerks (US) |
— |
$50,580 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance (US) |
— |
$50,340 |
| Statistical Assistants (US) |
— |
$50,330 |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks (US) |
— |
$50,080 |
| Word Processors and Typists (US) |
— |
$49,280 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks (US) |
— |
$49,230 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks (US) |
— |
$48,700 |
| Billing and Posting Clerks (US) |
— |
$48,500 |
| Meter Readers, Utilities (US) |
— |
$48,150 |
| New Accounts Clerks (US) |
— |
$47,670 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (US) |
— |
$47,540 |
| Bill and Account Collectors (US) |
— |
$47,030 |
| Correspondence Clerks (US) |
— |
$46,800 |
| Order Clerks (US) |
— |
$46,170 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan (US) |
— |
$45,920 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other (US) |
— |
$45,670 |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks (US) |
— |
$44,390 |
| File Clerks (US) |
— |
$43,600 |
| Telephone Operators (US) |
— |
$41,740 |
| Data Entry Keyers (US) |
— |
$41,340 |
| Office Machine Operators, Except Computer (US) |
— |
$40,960 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service (US) |
— |
$39,280 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service (US) |
— |
$38,630 |
| Gambling Cage Workers (US) |
— |
$37,580 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks (US) |
— |
$35,070 |
| Office Managers |
£35,000 |
$69,500 |
| Customer Service Managers |
£32,983 |
$44,770 |
| Office Supervisors |
£32,265 |
$69,500 |
| National Government Administrative Occupations |
£31,363 |
— |
| Stock Control Clerks and Assistants |
£28,851 |
$46,380 |
| Book-Keepers, Payroll Managers and Wages Clerks |
£27,743 |
— |
| Local Government Administrative Occupations |
£27,642 |
— |
| Sales Administrators |
£27,132 |
$44,770 |
| Records Clerks and Assistants |
£26,312 |
$49,500 |
| Human Resources Administrative Occupations |
£25,531 |
$50,610 |
| Personal Assistants and Other Secretaries |
£25,233 |
$76,590 |
| Other Administrative Occupations N.E.C. |
£23,385 |
— |
| Library Clerks and Assistants |
£18,659 |
$36,910 |
| Receptionists |
£18,152 |
$38,010 |
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Figures are gross annual pay before tax, for reference only. Sources: ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional), BLS OES May 2025.
Data: ONS ASHE Table 14/15, 2025 provisional · BLS OES, May 2025 · Page built 2026-10-25