High paying office and admin jobs in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA. 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 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Amherst Town-Northampton, MA 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, Amherst Town-Northampton, MA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$72,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,820 – $98,530240
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,730 – $97,520650
3Postal Service Clerks$62,370
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03060
4Public Safety Telecommunicators$61,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,470 – $86,83090
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040180
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$58,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,570 – $79,47060
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,550 – $77,27060
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$56,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $84,300110
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$56,430
Some college, no degree
$40,590 – $76,060490
10Office Clerks, General$52,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,460 – $66,3101,400
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,790 – $66,7501,250
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,460 – $61,39040
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,520 – $69,86060
14Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,560 – $63,25040
15Billing and Posting Clerks$49,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,680 – $63,960120
16Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,390 – $81,40060
17Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,800 – $74,90080
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $64,020240
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $59,300320
20Tellers$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $55,470190
21Customer Service Representatives$43,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $60,970760
22Receptionists and Information Clerks$41,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $51,860410
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,850 – $44,03080
24Library Assistants, Clerical$37,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $55,430110

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

#	Occupation	MedianAmherst Town-Northampton, MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,050	$48,820 – $98,530	240
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,320	$48,730 – $97,520	650
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,370	$42,600 – $75,030	60
4	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,750	$48,470 – $86,830	90
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	180
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,720	$47,570 – $79,470	60
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,220	$41,550 – $77,270	60
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,920	$37,230 – $84,300	110
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$56,430	$40,590 – $76,060	490
10	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,190	$38,460 – $66,310	1,400
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,100	$38,790 – $66,750	1,250
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,220	$49,460 – $61,390	40
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,000	$42,520 – $69,860	60
14	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$42,560 – $63,250	40
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,200	$46,680 – $63,960	120
16	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$41,390 – $81,400	60
17	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,530	$32,800 – $74,900	80
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$38,880 – $64,020	240
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$39,790 – $59,300	320
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$38,210 – $55,470	190
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,560	$35,090 – $60,970	760
22	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,770	$35,460 – $51,860	410
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,910	$35,850 – $44,030	80
24	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,590	$35,000 – $55,430	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA. 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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