First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Career, Salary and Skills

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $69,500 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 1,436,680. Wage data is published for 445 locations.

Occupation description

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers.

O*NET code

43-1011.00

Job zone

3

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years

National salary and employment

Median annual

$69,500

Hourly median

$33.41

Employment

1,436,680

Data year

2025

National salary distribution

$45,610
10th
$55,950
25th
$69,500
Median
$85,090
75th
$104,710
90th

Top skills

SkillImportanceLevel
Coordination4.003.75
Speaking4.004.00
Monitoring4.004.00
Active Listening4.003.88
Reading Comprehension4.003.75
Social Perceptiveness4.003.88
Critical Thinking3.883.88
Active Learning3.753.75
Writing3.753.75
Instructing3.753.62
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Typical tasks

  • Resolve customer complaints or answer customers' questions regarding policies and procedures.
  • Provide employees with guidance in handling difficult or complex problems or in resolving escalated complaints or disputes.
  • Review records or reports pertaining to activities such as production, payroll, or shipping to verify details, monitor work activities, or evaluate performance.
  • Discuss job performance problems with employees to identify causes and issues and to work on resolving problems.
  • Prepare and issue work schedules, deadlines, and duty assignments for office or administrative staff.
  • Recruit, interview, and select employees.
  • Interpret and communicate work procedures and company policies to staff.
  • Supervise the work of office, administrative, or customer service employees to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures, correcting errors or problems.
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Technology

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Apple macOS
  • Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
  • Blackboard software
  • Bookkeeping software
  • Citrix cloud computing software
  • Contract management software
  • Data entry software
  • Database software
  • Delphi Technology
  • Document management system software
  • Dropbox
  • Evernote
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First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

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Related careers

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.