High paying office and admin jobs in Asheville, NC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Asheville, NC. 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 Asheville, NC run 3.5% below the national average (2024), so a Asheville, NC salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Asheville, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$69,700
No formal educational credential
$56,740 – $76,36080
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $82,740410
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,250 – $87,8301,380
4Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $88,600250
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$58,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $75,720190
6Loan Interviewers and Clerks$58,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,220 – $69,50090
7Information and Record Clerks, All Other$54,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,570 – $66,570200
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $73,370120
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$53,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $76,430520
10Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $59,930330
11New Accounts Clerks$49,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,670 – $63,630120
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,230 – $64,910180
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,470 – $69,240270
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,870
Some college, no degree
$33,220 – $63,5702,200
15Billing and Posting Clerks$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,790 – $62,130200
16Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $59,19060
17Public Safety Telecommunicators$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $60,400110
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,360
Associate's degree
$35,710 – $61,580110
19Procurement Clerks$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $64,48060
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,680 – $57,770800
21Office Clerks, General$45,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,860 – $61,3202,510
22Tellers$44,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,740 – $49,520210
23Order Clerks$44,690
Some college, no degree
$36,850 – $59,580140
24Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$44,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,760 – $79,220210
25Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $60,7701,550
26Bill and Account Collectors$42,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $54,000120
27Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $56,6803,000
28Data Entry Keyers$40,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,880 – $63,760130
29File Clerks$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,430 – $58,12060
30Customer Service Representatives$38,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,820 – $54,9002,850
31Couriers and Messengers$38,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,480 – $48,020200
32Library Assistants, Clerical$37,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,440 – $45,290110
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,600 – $45,610750
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,940 – $39,350600

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

#	Occupation	MedianAsheville, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$69,700	$56,740 – $76,360	80
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $82,740	410
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,880	$43,250 – $87,830	1,380
4	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$46,040 – $88,600	250
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,730	$40,420 – $75,720	190
6	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,110	$43,220 – $69,500	90
7	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,950	$42,570 – $66,570	200
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,290	$36,860 – $73,370	120
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,300	$38,290 – $76,430	520
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,570	$41,670 – $59,930	330
11	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,980	$44,670 – $63,630	120
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,310	$33,230 – $64,910	180
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$38,470 – $69,240	270
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,870	$33,220 – $63,570	2,200
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$36,790 – $62,130	200
16	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,740	$39,890 – $59,190	60
17	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$37,300 – $60,400	110
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,360	$35,710 – $61,580	110
19	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$37,010 – $64,480	60
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$34,680 – $57,770	800
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,180	$28,860 – $61,320	2,510
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,850	$38,740 – $49,520	210
23	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,690	$36,850 – $59,580	140
24	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,250	$35,760 – $79,220	210
25	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,240	$32,130 – $60,770	1,550
26	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,460	$30,520 – $54,000	120
27	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,520	$36,980 – $56,680	3,000
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,380	$34,880 – $63,760	130
29	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$29,430 – $58,120	60
30	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,980	$29,820 – $54,900	2,850
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,980	$29,480 – $48,020	200
32	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,180	$27,440 – $45,290	110
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,000	$24,600 – $45,610	750
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,280	$26,940 – $39,350	600

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