High paying office and admin jobs in Dalton, GA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dalton, GA. 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 Dalton, GA run 10.2% below the national average (2024), so a Dalton, GA salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Dalton, GA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,890 – $98,660120
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,680 – $94,820540
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,450
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040140
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,180 – $64,56060
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$49,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $61,41060
6Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $64,430120
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $76,130450
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,600
Some college, no degree
$29,640 – $62,530530
9New Accounts Clerks$45,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,420 – $77,43030
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$42,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $54,99050
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$42,000
Associate's degree
$32,240 – $45,57030
12Billing and Posting Clerks$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $53,090180
13Bill and Account Collectors$41,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $51,54030
14Customer Service Representatives$39,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $54,2601,080
15Office Clerks, General$39,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,630 – $51,7601,030
16Data Entry Keyers$39,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,810 – $58,30040
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $46,920790
18Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$38,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $52,29040
19Tellers$38,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $46,010110
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,410 – $53,670590
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,340 – $47,740430
22Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$35,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,150 – $69,50040
23Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,020 – $42,260340
24Order Clerks$31,630
Some college, no degree
$31,630 – $42,56070

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

#	Occupation	MedianDalton, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,290	$51,890 – $98,660	120
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$39,680 – $94,820	540
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,450	$42,390 – $81,040	140
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,780	$35,180 – $64,560	60
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,720	$37,840 – $61,410	60
6	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$38,420 – $64,430	120
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$37,750 – $76,130	450
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,600	$29,640 – $62,530	530
9	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,320	$33,420 – $77,430	30
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,060	$33,330 – $54,990	50
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$42,000	$32,240 – $45,570	30
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$32,130 – $53,090	180
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,030	$34,980 – $51,540	30
14	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,730	$30,300 – $54,260	1,080
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,310	$27,630 – $51,760	1,030
16	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,110	$26,810 – $58,300	40
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$32,930 – $46,920	790
18	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,900	$35,360 – $52,290	40
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,660	$32,930 – $46,010	110
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$24,410 – $53,670	590
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,200	$30,340 – $47,740	430
22	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,400	$31,150 – $69,500	40
23	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,570	$25,020 – $42,260	340
24	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$31,630	$31,630 – $42,560	70

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