Below are the skills needed to be general office clerks according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Skill Name | Importance | Competence |
Active Listening | 3.75 | 3.5 |
Reading Comprehension | 3.75 | 3.5 |
Speaking | 3.62 | 3 |
Writing | 3.12 | 3.12 |
Coordination | 3 | 3 |
Below are the abilities needed to be general office clerks according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Ability Name | Importance | Competence |
Oral Expression | 3.88 | 3.62 |
Oral Comprehension | 3.75 | 3.62 |
Written Comprehension | 3.75 | 3.12 |
Written Expression | 3.62 | 3 |
Near Vision | 3.38 | 3.25 |
Below are the knowledge areas needed to be general office clerks according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Knowledge Area | Importance | Competence |
Clerical | 4.19 | 5.12 |
English Language | 3.81 | 3.31 |
Customer and Personal Service | 3.44 | 3.72 |
Administration and Management | 3.01 | 2.51 |
Computers and Electronics | 2.89 | 3.1 |
Below are the work activities involved in being general office clerks according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Activity | Importance | Competence |
Interacting With Computers | 4.25 | 2.87 |
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | 4.03 | 3.65 |
Getting Information | 3.89 | 3.6 |
Performing Administrative Activities | 3.72 | 3.13 |
Documenting/Recording Information | 3.54 | 2.5 |
Below are the work styles involved in being general office clerks according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Style | Importance | |
Integrity | 4.63 | |
Attention to Detail | 4.45 | |
Cooperation | 4.38 | |
Self Control | 4.2 | |
Dependability | 4.17 |
Listed below are the 10 largest metro areas based on the total number of people employed in General Office Clerks jobs , as of 2019
Metro Area | Total Employment | Annual Mean Salary |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 125,400 | $39,200 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 90,790 | $37,000 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land | 73,810 | $40,980 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach | 61,820 | $34,880 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell | 42,260 | $34,220 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn | 40,950 | $37,000 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward | 38,970 | $46,920 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | 38,650 | $44,230 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | 37,430 | $40,170 |
Pittsburgh | 31,000 | $36,200 |
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Source : 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics and 2018-28 Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov; O*NET® 24.3 Database, O*NET OnLine, National Center for O*NET Development, Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, onetonline.org