High paying office and admin jobs in Charleston, WV

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Charleston, WV. 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 Charleston, WV run 11.3% below the national average (2024), so a Charleston, WV salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Charleston, WV · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$63,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $80,00080
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$62,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $95,440230
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040240
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,280360
5Postal Service Clerks$58,470
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $72,950110
6First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$57,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $81,6001,070
7Information and Record Clerks, All Other$55,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,830 – $71,93060
8Procurement Clerks$50,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,240 – $63,860140
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,080 – $61,630260
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,650 – $63,170130
11Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,680 – $64,45080
12Bill and Account Collectors$44,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $50,070180
13Financial Clerks, All Other$44,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $56,190180
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$43,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $57,9801,630
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$43,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $63,660290
16Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$43,350
Some college, no degree
$31,990 – $57,3301,050
17Loan Interviewers and Clerks$43,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,070 – $47,980110
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$41,970
Associate's degree
$34,090 – $52,410110
19Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$41,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,920 – $51,990100
20Billing and Posting Clerks$40,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,560 – $72,080290
21Public Safety Telecommunicators$39,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $50,680110
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,040 – $63,750290
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,960 – $50,690280
24File Clerks$38,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,090 – $44,94070
25Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$37,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,720 – $48,350330
26Customer Service Representatives$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $55,2001,650
27Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $44,520380
28Data Entry Keyers$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,250 – $45,060110
29Office Clerks, General$35,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,120 – $48,8601,400
30Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$35,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,930 – $69,24070
31Couriers and Messengers$34,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,060 – $40,390100
32Tellers$34,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,460 – $39,350350
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,760 – $41,240800
34Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$31,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,690 – $42,34040
35Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$31,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,950 – $40,01050
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,830 – $34,210150

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharleston, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,740	$45,640 – $80,000	80
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,270	$47,740 – $95,440	230
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$43,120 – $81,040	240
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$47,440 – $75,280	360
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$42,600 – $72,950	110
6	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,670	$39,890 – $81,600	1,070
7	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,430	$35,830 – $71,930	60
8	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,260	$38,240 – $63,860	140
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$29,080 – $61,630	260
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,100	$28,650 – $63,170	130
11	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$30,680 – $64,450	80
12	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,680	$38,430 – $50,070	180
13	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,200	$34,490 – $56,190	180
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,550	$30,800 – $57,980	1,630
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,410	$34,660 – $63,660	290
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,350	$31,990 – $57,330	1,050
17	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,170	$37,070 – $47,980	110
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$41,970	$34,090 – $52,410	110
19	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,290	$32,920 – $51,990	100
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,750	$31,560 – $72,080	290
21	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,460	$36,210 – $50,680	110
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,870	$31,040 – $63,750	290
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,540	$32,960 – $50,690	280
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,540	$25,090 – $44,940	70
25	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,810	$33,720 – $48,350	330
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$30,800 – $55,200	1,650
27	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,140	$32,130 – $44,520	380
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$27,250 – $45,060	110
29	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,800	$25,120 – $48,860	1,400
30	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,410	$21,930 – $69,240	70
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,840	$32,060 – $40,390	100
32	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,480	$28,460 – $39,350	350
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,810	$23,760 – $41,240	800
34	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,950	$27,690 – $42,340	40
35	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,060	$20,950 – $40,010	50
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,050	$22,830 – $34,210	150

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