District of Columbia · SOC 43-0000 · Annual, 2025
Office and administrative support occupations in the District of Columbia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 43-0000 in the District of Columbia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 64,500 people in the District of Columbia worked in office and administrative support occupations (SOC 43-0000), with an average annual wage of $76,490.
Employment in office and administrative support occupations in the District of Columbia declined 15.7% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in the District of Columbia than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.74). The average wage in this occupation group is 38.7% below the all-occupations average in the District of Columbia. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for the District of Columbia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 64,500Employment, 2025
- $76,490Mean annual wage
- 8.7%Share of District of Columbia jobs
- 0.74Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 87,300; 2005 87,600; 2006 87,600; 2007 88,100; 2008 88,600; 2009 87,200; 2010 87,600; 2011 88,500; 2012 89,000; 2013 89,700; 2014 90,100; 2015 91,400; 2016 92,900; 2017 94,200; 2018 90,600; 2019 87,700; 2020 76,500; 2021 73,500; 2022 71,600; 2023 68,700; 2024 66,000; 2025 64,500.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64,534 | $76,488 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 65,975 | $72,837 | 3.9% |
| 2023 | 68,650 | $69,383 | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 71,605 | $68,084 | 2.6% |
| 2021 | 73,524 | $66,150 | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 76,531 | $64,017 | 12.8% |
| 2019 | 87,731 | $60,876 | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 90,562 | $60,431 | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 94,214 | $58,633 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 92,893 | $56,725 | 1.6% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Office and administrative support occupations in District of Columbia, quarterly, at full depth
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