High paying office and admin jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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 Cedar Rapids, IA run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Cedar Rapids, IA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Cedar Rapids, IA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$66,750
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03070
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $95,9701,020
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$61,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $68,39070
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,270
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040320
5Cargo and Freight Agents$59,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $77,30060
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,060 – $94,060310
7Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$57,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $80,180360
8Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,430
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $71,930120
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$56,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,880 – $62,700170
10Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$54,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,690 – $65,000140
11Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,240 – $67,530110
12Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$50,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $75,690170
13Bill and Account Collectors$50,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,510 – $59,53080
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,210 – $92,500110
15File Clerks$49,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $64,46090
16Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,690
Some college, no degree
$34,770 – $66,1201,120
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,670 – $76,290630
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,030
Associate's degree
$37,100 – $58,720100
19Billing and Posting Clerks$45,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $59,900320
20Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,210 – $57,000330
21Customer Service Representatives$45,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,360 – $61,3803,130
22Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,390 – $64,50070
23Data Entry Keyers$45,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,540 – $55,960110
24Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $60,2401,290
25Office Clerks, General$44,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $62,4602,020
26New Accounts Clerks$44,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,620 – $62,530100
27Order Clerks$43,690
Some college, no degree
$36,770 – $54,87050
28Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $48,080920
29Couriers and Messengers$38,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,150 – $42,65090
30Tellers$38,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,840 – $50,780420
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,580 – $47,31050
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,050 – $45,940500
33Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$35,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,340 – $44,860180
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,280 – $36,220190
35Library Assistants, Clerical$28,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,270 – $37,11070

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

#	Occupation	MedianCedar Rapids, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$66,750	$42,600 – $75,030	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,730	$43,680 – $95,970	1,020
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,330	$38,690 – $68,390	70
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,270	$42,390 – $81,040	320
5	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,570	$36,600 – $77,300	60
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,180	$46,060 – $94,060	310
7	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,500	$39,520 – $80,180	360
8	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$45,530 – $71,930	120
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,410	$39,880 – $62,700	170
10	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,710	$41,690 – $65,000	140
11	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,260	$38,240 – $67,530	110
12	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,120	$35,980 – $75,690	170
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,090	$33,510 – $59,530	80
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,890	$35,210 – $92,500	110
15	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,460	$37,280 – $64,460	90
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,690	$34,770 – $66,120	1,120
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$35,670 – $76,290	630
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,030	$37,100 – $58,720	100
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,940	$38,090 – $59,900	320
20	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$41,210 – $57,000	330
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,510	$32,360 – $61,380	3,130
22	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,370	$38,390 – $64,500	70
23	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,330	$34,540 – $55,960	110
24	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$36,120 – $60,240	1,290
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,780	$31,110 – $62,460	2,020
26	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,280	$34,620 – $62,530	100
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,690	$36,770 – $54,870	50
28	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$35,660 – $48,080	920
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,770	$32,150 – $42,650	90
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,540	$31,840 – $50,780	420
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,050	$30,580 – $47,310	50
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,690	$28,050 – $45,940	500
33	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,650	$32,340 – $44,860	180
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,860	$21,280 – $36,220	190
35	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,140	$23,270 – $37,110	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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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