High paying office and admin jobs in Columbus, IN

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, IN. 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 Columbus, IN run 7.0% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, IN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Columbus, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,290 – $99,150230
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,500 – $84,74050
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,04090
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,910 – $91,010210
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$55,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $82,13040
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,090 – $84,02060
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,660
Some college, no degree
$33,880 – $62,400360
8Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $54,25040
9Office Clerks, General$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,440 – $62,030790
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $57,400470
11Billing and Posting Clerks$44,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,400 – $63,630100
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $60,700220
13Customer Service Representatives$42,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,310 – $61,390600
14Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $53,840390
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$38,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $73,51060
16Tellers$37,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,560 – $45,270120
17Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,210 – $47,260240
18Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,560 – $35,51090

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,950	$46,290 – $99,150	230
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,080	$41,500 – $84,740	50
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$42,390 – $81,040	90
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,180	$45,910 – $91,010	210
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,820	$39,450 – $82,130	40
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,160	$39,090 – $84,020	60
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,660	$33,880 – $62,400	360
8	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$35,810 – $54,250	40
9	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$30,440 – $62,030	790
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,780	$36,720 – $57,400	470
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,780	$35,400 – $63,630	100
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$31,010 – $60,700	220
13	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,700	$32,310 – $61,390	600
14	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,110	$35,780 – $53,840	390
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,960	$37,230 – $73,510	60
16	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,110	$33,560 – $45,270	120
17	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,560	$26,210 – $47,260	240
18	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,850	$28,560 – $35,510	90

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