High paying office and admin jobs in Birmingham, AL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Birmingham, AL. 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 Birmingham, AL run 8.4% below the national average (2024), so a Birmingham, AL 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, Birmingham, AL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$76,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,430 – $104,990900
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,070 – $100,1605,820
3Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030280
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,690 – $78,500500
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,370
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$57,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,950 – $70,0101,160
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,430
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,030630
8Cargo and Freight Agents$55,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,400 – $83,710520
9Information and Record Clerks, All Other$53,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $65,600190
10Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$52,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,550 – $57,590200
11Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,640 – $92,500190
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $77,130510
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $65,360570
14Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $65,140340
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $68,460460
16Public Safety Telecommunicators$47,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,940 – $60,840470
17Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,330
Some college, no degree
$32,160 – $61,6805,430
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,960 – $60,2001,000
19Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,500
Associate's degree
$33,340 – $69,350180
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,960 – $60,38010,900
21Bill and Account Collectors$43,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,600 – $62,720460
22Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$42,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,230 – $58,450440
23Billing and Posting Clerks$42,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,570 – $58,9701,170
24Customer Service Representatives$40,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,400 – $58,6609,850
25Tellers$39,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,450 – $47,4901,710
26Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $48,880160
27Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $56,1002,210
28Data Entry Keyers$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,830 – $50,810220
29Couriers and Messengers$36,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,100 – $45,230330
30Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$36,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,810 – $45,390830
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $43,1803,030
32Office Clerks, General$34,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $57,2403,310
33Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$33,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,370 – $38,590180
34Library Assistants, Clerical$31,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,210 – $46,410240
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,180 – $35,970790

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

#	Occupation	MedianBirmingham, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,330	$49,430 – $104,990	900
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,170	$45,070 – $100,160	5,820
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $75,030	280
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,600	$42,690 – $78,500	500
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	1,370
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,740	$40,950 – $70,010	1,160
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$45,530 – $75,030	630
8	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,700	$43,400 – $83,710	520
9	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,810	$37,840 – $65,600	190
10	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,010	$33,550 – $57,590	200
11	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,980	$37,640 – $92,500	190
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$37,600 – $77,130	510
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,700	$36,330 – $65,360	570
14	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$35,790 – $65,140	340
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$34,950 – $68,460	460
16	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,390	$31,940 – $60,840	470
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,330	$32,160 – $61,680	5,430
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$33,960 – $60,200	1,000
19	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,500	$33,340 – $69,350	180
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,580	$30,960 – $60,380	10,900
21	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,100	$33,600 – $62,720	460
22	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,300	$32,230 – $58,450	440
23	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,040	$36,570 – $58,970	1,170
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,530	$31,400 – $58,660	9,850
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,840	$34,450 – $47,490	1,710
26	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,780	$31,200 – $48,880	160
27	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$32,130 – $56,100	2,210
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$31,830 – $50,810	220
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,820	$29,100 – $45,230	330
30	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,270	$31,810 – $45,390	830
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,610	$24,160 – $43,180	3,030
32	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,220	$21,840 – $57,240	3,310
33	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,690	$30,370 – $38,590	180
34	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,040	$24,210 – $46,410	240
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,750	$23,180 – $35,970	790

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