High paying office and admin jobs in Battle Creek, MI

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Battle Creek, 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 Battle Creek, MI run 9.5% below the national average (2024), so a Battle Creek, MI salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Battle Creek, MI · Employed

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$70,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $70,66060
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$64,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,040 – $98,40080
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,760 – $91,570330
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,510
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040180
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$52,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $71,24050
6Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$52,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,520 – $78,56050
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,660 – $78,930310
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$51,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,540 – $70,42060
9Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,610 – $64,44060
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $59,95040
11Procurement Clerks$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,560 – $58,28030
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,960 – $59,35040
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,510
Some college, no degree
$34,960 – $62,820370
14Billing and Posting Clerks$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $58,710100
15Office Clerks, General$46,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,800 – $64,060990
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,460 – $60,650450
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,520 – $58,850340
18Customer Service Representatives$40,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,220 – $59,490620
19New Accounts Clerks$40,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,130 – $47,61050
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $48,500390
21Tellers$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,410 – $45,590200
22Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $52,420280
23Library Assistants, Clerical$36,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,540 – $51,57050
24Order Clerks$35,500
Some college, no degree
$32,940 – $52,64040
25Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $42,920170

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

#	Occupation	MedianBattle Creek, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,660	$45,640 – $70,660	60
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,570	$50,040 – $98,400	80
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,880	$42,760 – $91,570	330
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,510	$42,390 – $81,040	180
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,660	$36,820 – $71,240	50
6	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,290	$34,520 – $78,560	50
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,190	$46,660 – $78,930	310
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,770	$40,540 – $70,420	60
9	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$33,610 – $64,440	60
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,660	$38,880 – $59,950	40
11	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$41,560 – $58,280	30
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$40,960 – $59,350	40
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,510	$34,960 – $62,820	370
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$37,820 – $58,710	100
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,200	$29,800 – $64,060	990
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,040	$33,460 – $60,650	450
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,820	$34,520 – $58,850	340
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,870	$30,220 – $59,490	620
19	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,720	$39,130 – $47,610	50
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,130	$34,010 – $48,500	390
21	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$33,410 – $45,590	200
22	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$27,810 – $52,420	280
23	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,910	$28,540 – $51,570	50
24	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$35,500	$32,940 – $52,640	40
25	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,600	$25,960 – $42,920	170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Battle Creek, 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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