High paying office and admin jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. 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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL run 13.9% below the national average (2024), so a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,330
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$58,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $85,720320
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$53,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,870 – $76,95090
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,540 – $83,27060
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $73,83080
6Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,810
Some college, no degree
$33,550 – $67,640310
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$43,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,600 – $69,61040
8Billing and Posting Clerks$43,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $56,040140
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$42,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,110 – $62,67050
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,410 – $57,570140
11Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $64,03080
12Public Safety Telecommunicators$39,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,300 – $61,71050
13Bill and Account Collectors$39,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $51,64060
14Office Clerks, General$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,630 – $59,100850
15Customer Service Representatives$38,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,540 – $61,660580
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,820 – $48,960500
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $48,930290
18Information and Record Clerks, All Other$36,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,060 – $56,93030
19Tellers$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,230 – $46,640190
20Library Assistants, Clerical$34,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $42,34030
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $43,920330
22Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,990 – $35,79070

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

#	Occupation	MedianCape Girardeau, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,330	$42,390 – $81,040	130
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,680	$40,110 – $85,720	320
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,420	$34,870 – $76,950	90
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,790	$34,540 – $83,270	60
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$35,730 – $73,830	80
6	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,810	$33,550 – $67,640	310
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,610	$31,600 – $69,610	40
8	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,350	$35,920 – $56,040	140
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,520	$38,110 – $62,670	50
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,000	$30,410 – $57,570	140
11	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,020	$35,570 – $64,030	80
12	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,730	$33,300 – $61,710	50
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,490	$28,600 – $51,640	60
14	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$28,630 – $59,100	850
15	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,190	$29,540 – $61,660	580
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$29,820 – $48,960	500
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,360	$33,800 – $48,930	290
18	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,820	$35,060 – $56,930	30
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$30,230 – $46,640	190
20	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,970	$31,200 – $42,340	30
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,750	$29,120 – $43,920	330
22	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,020	$28,990 – $35,790	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. 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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