High paying office and admin jobs in Altoona, PA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Altoona, PA. 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 Altoona, PA run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a Altoona, PA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Altoona, PA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$68,540
No formal educational credential
$61,050 – $75,03030
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,560 – $103,99080
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,420 – $90,280510
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040160
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,430
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,03050
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$55,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $67,370250
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $70,57040
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $77,290100
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $64,26080
10Billing and Posting Clerks$42,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,880 – $57,240150
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$42,660
Some college, no degree
$30,020 – $57,820470
12Office Clerks, General$42,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,450 – $56,6901,240
13Bill and Account Collectors$42,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,310 – $57,50050
14Data Entry Keyers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,430 – $51,12030
15Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,290 – $54,500240
16Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$41,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,670 – $51,74030
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,580 – $47,460280
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,390 – $53,690640
19Customer Service Representatives$37,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,070 – $52,080800
20Tellers$36,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $42,010200
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,180 – $42,600370
22Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$31,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,900 – $70,24030
23Couriers and Messengers$30,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,100 – $44,22030
24Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,340 – $33,10090

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

#	Occupation	MedianAltoona, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$68,540	$61,050 – $75,030	30
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,890	$44,560 – $103,990	80
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,160	$43,420 – $90,280	510
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	160
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$48,880 – $75,030	50
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,220	$47,740 – $67,370	250
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,790	$37,680 – $70,570	40
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,540	$38,210 – $77,290	100
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,010	$35,960 – $64,260	80
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,850	$33,880 – $57,240	150
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,660	$30,020 – $57,820	470
12	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,460	$26,450 – $56,690	1,240
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,330	$29,310 – $57,500	50
14	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$31,430 – $51,120	30
15	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,200	$30,290 – $54,500	240
16	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,190	$31,670 – $51,740	30
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,910	$32,580 – $47,460	280
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$27,390 – $53,690	640
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,540	$28,070 – $52,080	800
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,430	$33,330 – $42,010	200
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,240	$22,180 – $42,600	370
22	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,060	$25,900 – $70,240	30
23	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,770	$30,100 – $44,220	30
24	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,680	$22,340 – $33,100	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Altoona, PA. 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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