Job outlook for office assistant/file clerks in the United States

Office assistant/file clerk job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected office assistant/file clerk job growth rate is -5% from 2018-2028.

• About -130,800 new jobs for office assistant/file clerks are projected over the next decade.

• Office assistant/file clerk salaries have increased 16% for office assistant/file clerks in the last 5 years.

• There are over 135,062 office assistant/file clerks currently employed in the United States.

• There are 120,542 active office assistant/file clerk job openings in the US.

• The average office assistant/file clerk salary is $30,645.

Compare the number of office assistant/file clerk jobs and the average office assistant/file clerk salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of office assistant/file clerk job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where office assistant/file clerks earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.