High paying office and admin jobs in Ann Arbor, MI

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ann Arbor, MI. 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 Ann Arbor, MI run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Ann Arbor, MI salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Ann Arbor, MI · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$74,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,830 – $104,960430
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,190 – $94,2301,330
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$63,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,260 – $70,660140
4Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,530 – $72,72090
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,870 – $93,940140
6Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$61,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,350 – $76,790130
7Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$61,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $71,800140
8Information and Record Clerks, All Other$60,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,720 – $71,64090
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,800 – $79,450140
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$59,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $96,020100
11Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040400
12Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$51,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,160 – $64,970670
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,220
Associate's degree
$41,100 – $64,560130
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,100
Some college, no degree
$37,440 – $73,1101,510
15Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,860 – $62,170210
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$50,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $65,5202,290
17Bill and Account Collectors$49,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $64,73070
18Billing and Posting Clerks$49,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,430 – $58,870620
19Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,240 – $81,060180
20Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,530 – $71,050140
21File Clerks$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $67,61090
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,330 – $50,8001,930
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $61,480720
24Data Entry Keyers$40,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,810 – $53,170130
25Tellers$39,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $47,090360
26Customer Service Representatives$39,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,300 – $61,8403,440
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $47,7201,500
28Office Clerks, General$38,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $66,5605,460
29Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $38,030220
30Library Assistants, Clerical$34,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $50,410840

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

#	Occupation	MedianAnn Arbor, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,660	$51,830 – $104,960	430
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,880	$48,190 – $94,230	1,330
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,040	$48,260 – $70,660	140
4	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,040	$45,530 – $72,720	90
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$46,870 – $93,940	140
6	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,660	$37,350 – $76,790	130
7	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,160	$38,780 – $71,800	140
8	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,610	$47,720 – $71,640	90
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,770	$42,800 – $79,450	140
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,370	$36,860 – $96,020	100
11	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$43,120 – $81,040	400
12	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,640	$40,160 – $64,970	670
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,220	$41,100 – $64,560	130
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,100	$37,440 – $73,110	1,510
15	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,730	$39,860 – $62,170	210
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,600	$37,380 – $65,520	2,290
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,810	$37,760 – $64,730	70
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,260	$40,430 – $58,870	620
19	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,030	$27,240 – $81,060	180
20	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$41,530 – $71,050	140
21	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$37,240 – $67,610	90
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,740	$38,330 – $50,800	1,930
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,250	$35,920 – $61,480	720
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,780	$33,810 – $53,170	130
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,900	$35,810 – $47,090	360
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,480	$34,300 – $61,840	3,440
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,190	$30,200 – $47,720	1,500
28	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,350	$33,840 – $66,560	5,460
29	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,460	$29,690 – $38,030	220
30	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,510	$34,510 – $50,410	840

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Ann Arbor, MI. 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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