High paying office and admin jobs in Burlington, NC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Burlington, 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 Burlington, NC run 6.8% below the national average (2024), so a Burlington, NC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Burlington, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$65,170
No formal educational credential
$56,390 – $75,03040
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,990 – $95,95080
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,620170
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,310 – $88,920500
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $74,63050
6Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$52,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $65,68030
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$50,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,370 – $65,620100
8Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,360 – $60,06080
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$49,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,440 – $63,65090
10Billing and Posting Clerks$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $61,05070
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$48,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,820 – $48,63070
12Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $73,25040
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,460
Some college, no degree
$31,900 – $66,820600
14New Accounts Clerks$47,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,670 – $72,84030
15Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$46,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,440 – $66,400110
16Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,770 – $66,17030
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $66,34070
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,340 – $59,530730
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,570 – $55,190620
20Tellers$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $48,76080
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $56,230310
22Customer Service Representatives$41,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $57,1501,290
23Library Assistants, Clerical$39,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,200 – $46,74060
24Office Clerks, General$38,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,700 – $60,920810
25Couriers and Messengers$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,560 – $42,220180
26Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,540 – $66,72030
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,450 – $41,260300
28Data Entry Keyers$35,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $51,16040

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

#	Occupation	MedianBurlington, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,170	$56,390 – $75,030	40
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,620	$44,990 – $95,950	80
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,010	$42,390 – $81,620	170
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,430	$44,310 – $88,920	500
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,440	$36,620 – $74,630	50
6	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,390	$38,480 – $65,680	30
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,960	$40,370 – $65,620	100
8	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,420	$19,360 – $60,060	80
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,670	$43,440 – $63,650	90
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$37,410 – $61,050	70
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,160	$42,820 – $48,630	70
12	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$39,580 – $73,250	40
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,460	$31,900 – $66,820	600
14	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,110	$44,670 – $72,840	30
15	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,440	$34,440 – $66,400	110
16	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,280	$33,770 – $66,170	30
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$35,610 – $66,340	70
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,630	$32,340 – $59,530	730
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$34,570 – $55,190	620
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$38,090 – $48,760	80
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,780	$31,420 – $56,230	310
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,040	$29,120 – $57,150	1,290
23	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,900	$33,200 – $46,740	60
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,760	$25,700 – $60,920	810
25	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$34,560 – $42,220	180
26	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$30,540 – $66,720	30
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,230	$24,450 – $41,260	300
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,860	$32,130 – $51,160	40

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