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Highest Paying Office Jobs

The highest paying office and administrative job is executive assistant, with a median salary of $76,590 a year, followed by first-line supervisor of office and administrative support workers ($69,500) and brokerage clerk ($65,750). All 42 office and administrative jobs below are ranked by median pay from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

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#1 Executive assistant $76,590 median a year #2 First-line supervisor of office and administrative support workers $69,500 median a year #3 Brokerage clerk $65,750 median a year

Highest Paying Office Jobs, ranked

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# Job Median
1 Executive assistant Office and Administrative Support $76,590
2 First-line supervisor of office and administrative support workers Office and Administrative Support $69,500
3 Brokerage clerk Office and Administrative Support $65,750
4 Postal service clerk Office and Administrative Support $62,130
5 Mail carrier Office and Administrative Support $60,550
6 Production, planning, and expediting clerk Office and Administrative Support $59,650
7 Postal service mail sorter, processor, and processing machine operator Office and Administrative Support $58,470
8 Payroll and timekeeping clerk Office and Administrative Support $58,260
9 Legal secretary and administrative assistant Office and Administrative Support $55,570
10 Eligibility interviewer, government program Office and Administrative Support $54,210
11 Public safety telecommunicator Office and Administrative Support $53,040
12 Cargo and freight agent Office and Administrative Support $52,260
13 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerk Office and Administrative Support $50,670
14 Human resources assistant Office and Administrative Support $50,610
15 Procurement clerk Office and Administrative Support $50,580
16 Dispatcher Office and Administrative Support $50,340
17 Loan interviewer and clerk Office and Administrative Support $50,020
18 Word processor and typist Office and Administrative Support $49,280
19 Insurance claim and policy processing clerk Office and Administrative Support $49,230
20 Court, municipal, and license clerk Office and Administrative Support $48,700
21 Billing and posting clerk Office and Administrative Support $48,500
22 New accounts clerk Office and Administrative Support $47,670
23 Administrative assistant Office and Administrative Support $47,540
24 Bill and account collector Office and Administrative Support $47,030
25 Weigher, measurer, checker, and sampler, recordkeeping Office and Administrative Support $46,380
26 Order clerk Office and Administrative Support $46,170
27 Medical secretary and administrative assistant Office and Administrative Support $45,930
28 Interviewer Office and Administrative Support $45,920
29 Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerk Office and Administrative Support $45,260
30 Office clerk, general Office and Administrative Support $45,010
31 Customer service representative Office and Administrative Support $44,770
32 Reservation and transportation ticket agent and travel clerk Office and Administrative Support $44,390
33 File clerk Office and Administrative Support $43,600
34 Teller Office and Administrative Support $43,030
35 Data entry keyer Office and Administrative Support $41,340
36 Office machine operator Office and Administrative Support $40,960
37 Mail clerk and mail machine operator Office and Administrative Support $39,280
38 Courier and messenger Office and Administrative Support $39,200
39 Switchboard operator Office and Administrative Support $38,630
40 Receptionist and information clerk Office and Administrative Support $38,010
41 Library assistant, clerical Office and Administrative Support $36,910
42 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerk Office and Administrative Support $35,070

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published 2026), and Employment Projections education and training assignments (2025). Salaries are yearly medians before tax for wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. The median for all US jobs is $50,980. Jobs with fewer than 20,000 workers nationally are not listed.

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About the Highest Paying Jobs

Highest Paying Jobs ranks 515 US jobs by what they actually pay, using the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (May 2025, published 2026). Filter the list by field, by the education a job needs to start, or by a minimum salary, and sort it by median pay, average pay, what the top 10% earn, hourly wage or the number of people in the job. Ready-made rankings answer the common questions: the highest paying jobs without a degree, with only a high school diploma, with an associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree, entry-level and trade jobs, the best-paid jobs in healthcare, tech, engineering and ten other fields, and the highest paying jobs in each of the 50 states and Washington DC. Every job links to its own salary page with hourly pay, the full pay range and pay by state.

How to use it

  1. 1 Start with the full ranking, or pick a ready-made list such as jobs without a degree, a field or your state.
  2. 2 Narrow it down with the field, education and minimum pay filters, or search for a job.
  3. 3 Sort by median salary, top 10% pay, hourly wage or most workers.
  4. 4 Open any job to see its pay range, hourly and monthly pay and salary in every state.

Frequently asked questions

What is the highest paying office and administrative job?

Executive assistant pays the most, with a median salary of $76,590 a year. The top three are executive assistant ($76,590), first-line supervisor of office and administrative support workers ($69,500), brokerage clerk ($65,750).

How many office and administrative jobs pay over $100,000?

None of the 42 office and administrative jobs has a median salary over $100,000; the best paid, executive assistant, has $76,590.

Which well-paid office and administrative job has the most openings?

First-line supervisor of office and administrative support workers employs the most people among the best-paid office and administrative jobs, with about 1,436,680 workers and a median salary of $69,500. More people in a job usually means more openings each year.

Which office and administrative job pays the most per hour?

Executive assistant has the highest median hourly wage, $36.82 an hour. Some jobs, such as teachers, are paid by the year only and have no hourly figure.

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