Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2007

43-4051 Customer Service Representatives

Interact with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve complaints. Exclude individuals whose duties are primarily sales or repair.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
2,193,430 0.6 % $14.93 $31,040 0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $8.89 $11.00 $13.96 $17.82 $22.70
Annual Wage (2) $18,490 $22,890 $29,040 $37,070 $47,220

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Business Support Services 154,860 $11.74 $24,430
Insurance Carriers 131,670 $16.09 $33,470
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities 117,020 $15.83 $32,920
Employment Services 114,120 $12.93 $26,890
Depository Credit Intermediation 105,040 $14.71 $30,590

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Postal Service 340 $28.39 $59,050
Natural Gas Distribution 9,090 $21.42 $44,550
Wired Telecommunications Carriers 36,950 $21.41 $44,540
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 1,230 $21.01 $43,690
Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing 60 $20.97 $43,610

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Arizona 64,280 $14.36 $29,860 2.427%
South Dakota 9,240 $12.08 $25,120 2.373%
Texas 221,440 $13.60 $28,290 2.201%
Georgia 87,360 $14.90 $31,000 2.153%
Florida 165,870 $13.65 $28,400 2.083%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Connecticut 28,840 $17.92 $37,270 1.714%
Massachusetts 54,200 $17.83 $37,090 1.690%
District of Columbia 5,580 $17.36 $36,110 0.899%
California 203,870 $16.89 $35,120 1.341%
Illinois 92,120 $16.61 $34,550 1.563%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Sioux Falls, SD 5,480 $12.16 $25,300 4.145%
Lubbock, TX 4,290 $10.90 $22,670 3.538%
Jacksonville, FL 19,420 $14.24 $29,610 3.188%
Salt Lake City, UT 19,330 $13.54 $28,170 3.119%
San Antonio, TX 25,220 $12.31 $25,610 3.105%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 10,090 $21.05 $43,790 1.108%
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 10,850 $19.10 $39,730 1.095%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 31,300 $18.87 $39,260 1.854%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 8,640 $18.78 $39,060 2.000%
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 14,570 $18.77 $39,040 1.416%

About May 2007 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files (XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2007 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2007 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2007 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2007 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order

Download May 2007 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped Excel files

Technical notes

 

Last Modified Date: April 3, 2008