High paying office and admin jobs in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. 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 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC run 2.4% below the national average (2024), so a Durham-Chapel Hill, NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,690 – $100,4302,690
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$64,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,590 – $98,1401,200
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,960
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040570
4Postal Service Clerks$61,570
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,030100
5Loan Interviewers and Clerks$60,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $72,080150
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $75,860190
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,730 – $61,500400
8Billing and Posting Clerks$54,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,880 – $66,900250
9Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$52,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $73,350110
10Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$51,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,270 – $74,780240
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,790
Some college, no degree
$36,630 – $71,7302,570
12Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$50,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,630 – $71,180280
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,530
Associate's degree
$38,470 – $66,080150
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,720 – $71,320260
15Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $79,560790
16File Clerks$48,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $61,280120
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,890 – $62,5503,120
18Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $75,100230
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,600 – $62,650270
20Office Clerks, General$47,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $60,7404,180
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $59,0105,820
22Customer Service Representatives$46,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,840 – $62,3604,660
23Tellers$45,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,460 – $51,290260
24Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $58,210890
25Bill and Account Collectors$43,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,070 – $58,720250
26Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$41,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $52,920100
27Order Clerks$40,610
Some college, no degree
$37,190 – $56,870200
28Data Entry Keyers$40,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,870 – $53,460260
29Couriers and Messengers$40,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,400 – $47,030240
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,930 – $44,920880
31Information and Record Clerks, All Other$33,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,870 – $54,770910
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $38,100420

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

#	Occupation	MedianDurham-Chapel Hill, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,450	$47,690 – $100,430	2,690
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,170	$50,590 – $98,140	1,200
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,960	$42,390 – $81,040	570
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$55,350 – $75,030	100
5	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,260	$36,070 – $72,080	150
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,400	$35,780 – $75,860	190
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$47,730 – $61,500	400
8	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,560	$39,880 – $66,900	250
9	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,560	$39,260 – $73,350	110
10	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,490	$36,270 – $74,780	240
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,790	$36,630 – $71,730	2,570
12	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,720	$37,630 – $71,180	280
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,530	$38,470 – $66,080	150
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,350	$37,720 – $71,320	260
15	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$38,300 – $79,560	790
16	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,720	$36,470 – $61,280	120
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$34,890 – $62,550	3,120
18	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$37,320 – $75,100	230
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$33,600 – $62,650	270
20	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,010	$28,960 – $60,740	4,180
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$38,610 – $59,010	5,820
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,800	$31,840 – $62,360	4,660
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,460	$34,460 – $51,290	260
24	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,160	$34,740 – $58,210	890
25	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,650	$25,070 – $58,720	250
26	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,640	$37,820 – $52,920	100
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$40,610	$37,190 – $56,870	200
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,470	$33,870 – $53,460	260
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,050	$30,400 – $47,030	240
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,990	$25,930 – $44,920	880
31	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,870	$33,870 – $54,770	910
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,960	$27,810 – $38,100	420

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. 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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