High paying office and admin jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single office and admin job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$68,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $94,770590
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,440 – $97,5303,230
3Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,030180
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,080 – $83,180740
5Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$60,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,160 – $69,990250
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040940
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$59,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,110 – $76,940240
8Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,280370
9Procurement Clerks$57,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,870 – $63,800160
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,060 – $80,310260
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$52,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $66,860270
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,880
Associate's degree
$37,490 – $68,030220
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,460 – $64,440230
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $75,930430
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,100
Some college, no degree
$33,950 – $68,7902,430
16Public Safety Telecommunicators$48,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,400 – $65,500240
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,530 – $76,580320
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $62,920140
19Order Clerks$47,700
Some college, no degree
$36,710 – $71,480130
20Information and Record Clerks, All Other$47,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,490 – $68,870120
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $62,2004,130
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,020 – $61,6102,510
23Billing and Posting Clerks$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,570 – $61,2701,000
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $56,6101,960
25Bill and Account Collectors$46,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $64,630470
26Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $54,890190
27Office Clerks, General$45,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,640 – $61,9506,240
28Tellers$45,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,670 – $56,790840
29Customer Service Representatives$44,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,420 – $62,5205,140
30Couriers and Messengers$43,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $47,700390
31File Clerks$43,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,550 – $59,010140
32Data Entry Keyers$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,370 – $51,410210
33Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$37,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,950 – $58,820190
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,400 – $48,5402,610
35Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,050 – $45,850250
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$32,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,600 – $37,120530
37Library Assistants, Clerical$32,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,720 – $44,520190

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,290	$47,960 – $94,770	590
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,770	$46,440 – $97,530	3,230
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$54,330 – $75,030	180
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,110	$42,080 – $83,180	740
5	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,770	$43,160 – $69,990	250
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	940
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,070	$47,110 – $76,940	240
8	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$48,880 – $75,280	370
9	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,830	$43,870 – $63,800	160
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,780	$39,060 – $80,310	260
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,580	$38,960 – $66,860	270
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,880	$37,490 – $68,030	220
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,270	$39,460 – $64,440	230
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,570	$36,140 – $75,930	430
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,100	$33,950 – $68,790	2,430
16	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,820	$41,400 – $65,500	240
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,430	$33,530 – $76,580	320
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$36,250 – $62,920	140
19	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,700	$36,710 – $71,480	130
20	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,670	$30,490 – $68,870	120
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,080	$35,090 – $62,200	4,130
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,080	$36,020 – $61,610	2,510
23	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$36,570 – $61,270	1,000
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,180	$36,750 – $56,610	1,960
25	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,130	$36,340 – $64,630	470
26	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,250	$35,090 – $54,890	190
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,190	$30,640 – $61,950	6,240
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,050	$37,670 – $56,790	840
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,160	$30,420 – $62,520	5,140
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,920	$34,430 – $47,700	390
31	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,080	$29,550 – $59,010	140
32	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$28,370 – $51,410	210
33	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,960	$30,950 – $58,820	190
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,540	$28,400 – $48,540	2,610
35	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$29,050 – $45,850	250
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,220	$27,600 – $37,120	530
37	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,220	$23,720 – $44,520	190

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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