High paying office and admin jobs in Bay City, MI

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bay City, 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 Bay City, MI run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Bay City, MI salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Bay City, MI · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$74,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,380 – $97,60060
2Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$70,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,210 – $70,66050
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$68,640
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040120
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,740 – $90,220180
5Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$58,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,990 – $99,48040
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $78,95050
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,730
Some college, no degree
$33,280 – $69,430330
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $69,98040
9Billing and Posting Clerks$44,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $60,800100
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,970 – $65,740130
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$43,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,280 – $61,380330
12Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $50,810240
13Customer Service Representatives$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,780 – $57,080330
14Office Clerks, General$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,790 – $59,270770
15Tellers$37,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,370 – $46,970120
16Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,380 – $45,770240
17Library Assistants, Clerical$30,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,670 – $30,33060
18Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,660 – $35,83050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBay City, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,030	$40,380 – $97,600	60
2	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,660	$52,210 – $70,660	50
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$68,640	$42,390 – $81,040	120
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,210	$39,740 – $90,220	180
5	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,660	$46,990 – $99,480	40
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,810	$37,230 – $78,950	50
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,730	$33,280 – $69,430	330
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$33,860 – $69,980	40
9	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,780	$36,400 – $60,800	100
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,000	$32,970 – $65,740	130
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,750	$30,280 – $61,380	330
12	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,820	$35,170 – $50,810	240
13	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$27,780 – $57,080	330
14	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$26,790 – $59,270	770
15	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,310	$34,370 – $46,970	120
16	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,860	$27,380 – $45,770	240
17	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,330	$28,670 – $30,330	60
18	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,830	$27,660 – $35,830	50

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