High paying office and admin jobs in Columbia, SC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbia, SC. 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 Columbia, SC run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a Columbia, SC 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, Columbia, SC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$62,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,610 – $95,5606,120
2Postal Service Clerks$62,130
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,030130
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,050 – $89,980990
4Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$58,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,810 – $67,740730
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,030470
6Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$56,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,370 – $77,4001,370
7Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,610
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040980
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$52,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,240 – $71,280220
9Procurement Clerks$52,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,590 – $66,700260
10Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,490 – $85,790140
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $70,020590
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$50,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,060 – $63,270260
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,560 – $68,500270
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,250 – $74,580430
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,690
Some college, no degree
$33,770 – $67,0803,260
16Billing and Posting Clerks$46,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $58,6301,120
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,760 – $62,2606,610
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,410
Associate's degree
$37,800 – $58,430380
19Tellers$43,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,570 – $48,780690
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,440 – $58,0102,170
21Public Safety Telecommunicators$40,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,520 – $46,060220
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $51,3602,230
23Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$39,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $56,330470
24Bill and Account Collectors$39,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,830 – $56,670820
25Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$38,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $60,4301,870
26Office Clerks, General$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,000 – $57,9807,260
27Couriers and Messengers$37,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,700 – $45,750270
28File Clerks$37,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,660 – $54,070370
29Customer Service Representatives$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,000 – $54,49010,430
30Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $49,440160
31Data Entry Keyers$36,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,380 – $45,510350
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,540 – $46,8201,880
33Library Assistants, Clerical$33,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,200 – $48,350230
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,990 – $37,350660

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbia, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,230	$43,610 – $95,560	6,120
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,130	$54,330 – $75,030	130
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,090	$39,050 – $89,980	990
4	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,520	$32,810 – $67,740	730
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,030	470
6	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,230	$41,370 – $77,400	1,370
7	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,610	$42,390 – $81,040	980
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,240	$38,240 – $71,280	220
9	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,210	$40,590 – $66,700	260
10	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$33,490 – $85,790	140
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,270	$36,410 – $70,020	590
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,940	$42,060 – $63,270	260
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,220	$32,560 – $68,500	270
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,550	$32,250 – $74,580	430
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,690	$33,770 – $67,080	3,260
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,370	$31,750 – $58,630	1,120
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$30,760 – $62,260	6,610
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,410	$37,800 – $58,430	380
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,560	$34,570 – $48,780	690
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,240	$30,440 – $58,010	2,170
21	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,930	$34,520 – $46,060	220
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,160	$34,480 – $51,360	2,230
23	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,630	$34,590 – $56,330	470
24	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,370	$30,830 – $56,670	820
25	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,760	$37,380 – $60,430	1,870
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$23,000 – $57,980	7,260
27	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,550	$25,700 – $45,750	270
28	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,510	$17,660 – $54,070	370
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$30,000 – $54,490	10,430
30	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,440	$32,130 – $49,440	160
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,230	$28,380 – $45,510	350
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,530	$22,540 – $46,820	1,880
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,200	$25,200 – $48,350	230
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,240	$18,990 – $37,350	660

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