High paying office and admin jobs in Appleton, WI

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Appleton, WI. 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 Appleton, WI run 7.6% below the national average (2024), so a Appleton, WI salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Appleton, WI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$69,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,640 – $100,730960
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,900 – $83,310130
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,950 – $75,18070
4Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$62,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,020 – $70,580140
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$48,940 – $82,740240
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,940 – $76,420100
7Postal Service Clerks$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36040
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,560 – $79,300380
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,280 – $58,96050
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,780
Some college, no degree
$37,250 – $69,3901,050
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,060 – $59,31040
12Billing and Posting Clerks$49,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,970 – $63,100290
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,860 – $73,200130
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,410 – $61,170170
15Procurement Clerks$48,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,850 – $59,56050
16Order Clerks$48,460
Some college, no degree
$37,760 – $61,28080
17New Accounts Clerks$48,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,440 – $56,55070
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,670 – $60,8301,180
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $59,640140
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $64,500940
21Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,130
Associate's degree
$21,850 – $57,27060
22Bill and Account Collectors$46,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $59,04060
23Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,710 – $63,01080
24File Clerks$45,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,180 – $63,05050
25Customer Service Representatives$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,120 – $62,1302,540
26Office Clerks, General$45,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,660 – $63,1902,260
27Tellers$42,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $46,610400
28Data Entry Keyers$40,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,110 – $50,99090
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$40,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,210 – $47,9901,170
30Library Assistants, Clerical$38,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $51,340100
31Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$37,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $52,91040
32Couriers and Messengers$36,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,110 – $44,060150
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,650 – $38,200170
34Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$33,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,310 – $44,32050

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

#	Occupation	MedianAppleton, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,340	$47,640 – $100,730	960
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,600	$47,900 – $83,310	130
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,240	$46,950 – $75,180	70
4	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,170	$45,020 – $70,580	140
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$48,940 – $82,740	240
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,240	$42,940 – $76,420	100
7	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $76,360	40
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,930	$42,560 – $79,300	380
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,440	$48,280 – $58,960	50
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,780	$37,250 – $69,390	1,050
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,490	$40,060 – $59,310	40
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,650	$39,970 – $63,100	290
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,370	$27,860 – $73,200	130
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,610	$39,410 – $61,170	170
15	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,590	$35,850 – $59,560	50
16	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,460	$37,760 – $61,280	80
17	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,390	$45,440 – $56,550	70
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,940	$36,670 – $60,830	1,180
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$39,120 – $59,640	140
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,210	$36,000 – $64,500	940
21	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,130	$21,850 – $57,270	60
22	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,930	$37,850 – $59,040	60
23	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,740	$18,710 – $63,010	80
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,840	$31,180 – $63,050	50
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$35,120 – $62,130	2,540
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,640	$30,660 – $63,190	2,260
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,820	$37,530 – $46,610	400
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,890	$28,110 – $50,990	90
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,300	$28,210 – $47,990	1,170
30	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,300	$32,130 – $51,340	100
31	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,270	$37,260 – $52,910	40
32	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,690	$33,110 – $44,060	150
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,640	$30,650 – $38,200	170
34	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,900	$27,310 – $44,320	50

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