High paying office and admin jobs in Decatur, AL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Decatur, AL. 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 Decatur, AL run 12.8% below the national average (2024), so a Decatur, AL salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Decatur, AL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$67,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,920 – $90,58060
2Postal Service Clerks$63,210
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03030
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,950 – $95,060510
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,620170
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $83,160140
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $64,14060
7Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$52,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $76,61040
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $70,29040
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,060
Some college, no degree
$31,390 – $64,540580
10Billing and Posting Clerks$45,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $60,32080
11Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $70,530360
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$43,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,770 – $59,8101,260
13Bill and Account Collectors$42,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $49,92080
14Customer Service Representatives$41,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,690 – $55,810710
15Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $54,04060
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$38,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $50,85080
17Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,030 – $59,48050
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,530 – $52,180370
19Tellers$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,480 – $45,660210
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$36,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $49,00060
21Public Safety Telecommunicators$36,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,850 – $64,07040
22Data Entry Keyers$36,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,740 – $45,68040
23Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,850 – $42,820250
24Office Clerks, General$29,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,300 – $45,810240
25Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,530 – $34,85080

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

#	Occupation	MedianDecatur, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,870	$47,920 – $90,580	60
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,210	$42,600 – $75,030	30
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,720	$38,950 – $95,060	510
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,620	170
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,240	$45,480 – $83,160	140
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,040	$37,390 – $64,140	60
7	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,310	$36,930 – $76,610	40
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,810	$36,880 – $70,290	40
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,060	$31,390 – $64,540	580
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,120	$34,510 – $60,320	80
11	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,980	$34,270 – $70,530	360
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,900	$29,770 – $59,810	1,260
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,180	$34,480 – $49,920	80
14	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,070	$30,690 – $55,810	710
15	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$30,200 – $54,040	60
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,620	$34,720 – $50,850	80
17	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,440	$30,030 – $59,480	50
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,610	$27,530 – $52,180	370
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$33,480 – $45,660	210
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,210	$31,890 – $49,000	60
21	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,200	$31,850 – $64,070	40
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,160	$31,740 – $45,680	40
23	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,280	$21,850 – $42,820	250
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,930	$19,300 – $45,810	240
25	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,720	$22,530 – $34,850	80

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