Program Payoff

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services programs in Pennsylvania

34 schools in Pennsylvania teach this, at certificate or associate level. 3 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $26,625 at Community College of Allegheny County.

What this work pays in Pennsylvania

Office Clerks, General in Pennsylvania earn a median of $44,950 a year across 107,500 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Pennsylvania
Customer Service Representatives$44,63094,340
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,27065,310
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,27056,600
Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,81037,830
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$80,59027,250

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh Associate's degree $26,625 (11 grads) 8
South Hills School of Business & Technology State College Associate's degree $23,182 (25 grads)
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School Washington Associate's degree $20,596 (22 grads)
Bucks County Community College Newtown Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Butler County Community College Butler Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Butler County Community College Butler Associate's degree not published 5
CDE Career Institute Tannersville Undergraduate certificate not published 55
Commonwealth Technical Institute Johnstown Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Community College of Beaver County Monaca Undergraduate certificate not published
Community College of Beaver County Monaca Associate's degree not published
Delaware County Community College Media Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Erie Institute of Technology Inc Erie Undergraduate certificate not published
Great Lakes Institute of Technology Erie Undergraduate certificate not published
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center Altoona Undergraduate certificate not published
Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg Associate's degree not published 4
Lansdale School of Business North Wales Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Lansdale School of Business North Wales Associate's degree not published 4
Laurel Technical Institute Uniontown Associate's degree not published
Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Luzerne County Community College Nanticoke Associate's degree not published 1
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell Associate's degree not published 0
Northampton County Area Community College Bethlehem Associate's degree not published
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Johnstown Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Johnstown Associate's degree not published
Pennsylvania Western University California Associate's degree not published 0
Reading Area Community College Reading Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Reading Area Community College Reading Associate's degree not published 1
South Hills School of Business & Technology State College Undergraduate certificate not published
Temple University Philadelphia Undergraduate certificate not published
Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood Associate's degree not published 4

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.