High paying office and admin jobs in Columbus, OH

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, OH. 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, OH run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, OH salary is worth about 1.05× 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, OH · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$75,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,580 – $108,0803,250
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$66,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,260 – $99,0509,480
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,970 – $76,810690
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,920
5Postal Service Clerks$60,530
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030360
6Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$60,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,700 – $78,150690
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,950 – $81,6503,390
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$59,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,080 – $93,600680
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,840 – $82,1601,200
10Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$47,170 – $75,280900
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $76,9801,220
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,170
Some college, no degree
$38,240 – $68,9009,000
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,700
Associate's degree
$38,230 – $66,020530
14Cargo and Freight Agents$50,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,750 – $81,390640
15Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,300 – $75,6601,210
16Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,570 – $65,8001,770
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $77,4501,530
18Bill and Account Collectors$48,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,970 – $62,2001,890
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,040 – $63,1909,570
20Meter Readers, Utilities$47,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $78,550390
21Billing and Posting Clerks$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,070 – $61,8903,750
22Order Clerks$46,990
Some college, no degree
$33,210 – $65,090650
23Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,780 – $63,980750
24Customer Service Representatives$46,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,190 – $62,34018,550
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $61,7606,300
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $54,8405,490
27Office Clerks, General$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,790 – $64,60018,110
28File Clerks$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,760 – $59,080400
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $57,0301,420
30Data Entry Keyers$43,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,960 – $56,980810
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$39,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,330 – $51,290500
32Tellers$37,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,320 – $49,5802,020
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,560 – $48,8905,960
34Library Assistants, Clerical$36,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,650 – $45,660700
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,240 – $36,6701,430
36Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$28,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,450 – $53,140830

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,880	$52,580 – $108,080	3,250
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,970	$47,260 – $99,050	9,480
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,490	$45,970 – $76,810	690
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	1,920
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$42,600 – $75,030	360
6	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,420	$45,700 – $78,150	690
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,530	$40,950 – $81,650	3,390
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,420	$42,080 – $93,600	680
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,010	$45,840 – $82,160	1,200
10	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$47,170 – $75,280	900
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,640	$39,110 – $76,980	1,220
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,170	$38,240 – $68,900	9,000
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,700	$38,230 – $66,020	530
14	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,210	$41,750 – $81,390	640
15	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,040	$39,300 – $75,660	1,210
16	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,670	$41,570 – $65,800	1,770
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,240	$34,490 – $77,450	1,530
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,200	$31,970 – $62,200	1,890
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,870	$34,040 – $63,190	9,570
20	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,430	$40,080 – $78,550	390
21	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$40,070 – $61,890	3,750
22	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,990	$33,210 – $65,090	650
23	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,970	$32,780 – $63,980	750
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,350	$33,190 – $62,340	18,550
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,290	$36,600 – $61,760	6,300
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$37,960 – $54,840	5,490
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$26,790 – $64,600	18,110
28	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$27,760 – $59,080	400
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,640	$37,090 – $57,030	1,420
30	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,560	$31,960 – $56,980	810
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,680	$35,330 – $51,290	500
32	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,840	$35,320 – $49,580	2,020
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,910	$27,560 – $48,890	5,960
34	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,290	$24,650 – $45,660	700
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,730	$29,240 – $36,670	1,430
36	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,450	$28,450 – $53,140	830

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