Best First-Line Supervisors of Office programs in Louisiana, ranked by enrollment
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support.
9 schools in Louisiana run programs that feed this job, graduating 325 people a year. The job pays a median of $57,180 in Louisiana across about 20,810 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Louisiana that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Louisiana that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Louisiana (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Louisiana page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.0401In Louisiana → | 320 | 98.5% | 8 | $25,993 | $9,500 |
| 2 | CIP 51.0705In Louisiana → | 5 | 1.5% | 1 | $30,774 | $17,375 |
Top 9 schools in Louisiana
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 9 schools in this state.
All 9 schools in Louisiana
Every school in Louisiana with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Louisiana Technical Community College | Alexandria | Public | 110 | 1 |
| Northshore Technical Community College | Lacombe | Public | 69 | 1 |
| River Parishes Community College | Gonzales | Public | 58 | 1 |
| Louisiana Delta Community College | Monroe | Public | 53 | 1 |
| Fletcher Technical Community College | Schriever | Public | 15 | 1 |
| Bossier Parish Community College | Bossier City | Public | 11 | 1 |
| Herzing University - New Orleans | Metairie | Private not-for-profit | 5 | 1 |
| ITI Technical College | Baton Rouge | Private for-profit | 3 | 1 |
| South Louisiana Community College | Lafayette | Public | 1 | 1 |
What first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers earn in Louisiana
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $69,500. Louisiana pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Louisiana
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers page.
How to become a First-Line Supervisors of Office
Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Louisiana
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 13 majors mapped to First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers13 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 01.0106Agricultural Business Technology/Technician
- 01.8201Veterinary Administrative Services, General
- 01.8202Veterinary Office Management/Administration
- 01.8203Veterinary Reception/Receptionist
- 01.8204Veterinary Administrative/Executive Assistant and Veterinary Secretary
- 51.0705Medical Office Management/Administration
- 51.0711Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist
- 51.0712Medical Reception/Receptionist
- 52.0204Office Management and Supervision
- 52.0207Customer Service Management
- 52.0208E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
- 52.0401Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
- 52.0402Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
Common questions
Answers for people weighing first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers programs in Louisiana.
What degree do you need to become a First-Line Supervisors of Office?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General, which awarded 320 degrees in Louisiana in 2024-25, 98.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a First-Line Supervisors of Office?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Operations Support and Assistant Services, Health and Medical Administrative Services. Together they graduate about 325 people a year in Louisiana.
How much do first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers earn in Louisiana?+
The median is $57,180 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 17.7% below the U.S. median of $69,500. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers growing?+
BLS projects a -0.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 144,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Louisiana?+
9 institutions in Louisiana reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Office Manager, Accounting Manager, Customer Service Manager, Customer Service Supervisor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 43-1011.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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