High paying office and admin jobs in Fort Wayne, IN

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Fort Wayne, 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 Fort Wayne, IN run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a Fort Wayne, 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, Fort Wayne, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$71,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $103,1101,510
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$62,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,860 – $83,560220
3Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03080
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040440
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$59,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $64,430170
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280110
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,970 – $79,120590
8Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$51,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $59,60090
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $75,720280
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,180 – $74,100290
11Bill and Account Collectors$48,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $57,980260
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $60,470170
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,840 – $62,510280
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,770
Some college, no degree
$32,550 – $63,9401,970
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $63,970450
16Procurement Clerks$46,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $58,96090
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,790
Associate's degree
$33,360 – $60,42070
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,670 – $59,9001,910
19File Clerks$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,730 – $65,13090
20Billing and Posting Clerks$46,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $58,610630
21Customer Service Representatives$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,450 – $59,9303,020
22Office Clerks, General$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,380 – $64,7504,250
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $56,9301,760
24Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $59,1701,340
25Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $67,810160
26Order Clerks$43,950
Some college, no degree
$34,820 – $51,170120
27Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$42,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,640 – $52,170140
28Cargo and Freight Agents$42,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,790 – $79,620140
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$40,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,540 – $48,980370
30Data Entry Keyers$39,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,550 – $50,890120
31Couriers and Messengers$39,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,950 – $49,89070
32Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,560 – $56,32080
33Tellers$37,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,910580
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,790 – $46,8401,310
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,690 – $35,640240
36Library Assistants, Clerical$31,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,280 – $38,13090

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

#	Occupation	MedianFort Wayne, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,100	$47,500 – $103,110	1,510
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,640	$44,860 – $83,560	220
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $75,030	80
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	440
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,460	$38,000 – $64,430	170
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,280	110
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,390	$41,970 – $79,120	590
8	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,280	$38,370 – $59,600	90
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,030	$39,000 – $75,720	280
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,310	$34,180 – $74,100	290
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,600	$37,150 – $57,980	260
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,560	$37,260 – $60,470	170
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$38,840 – $62,510	280
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,770	$32,550 – $63,940	1,970
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$38,370 – $63,970	450
16	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,850	$36,410 – $58,960	90
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,790	$33,360 – $60,420	70
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,640	$36,670 – $59,900	1,910
19	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$34,730 – $65,130	90
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,000	$36,110 – $58,610	630
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$31,450 – $59,930	3,020
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$29,380 – $64,750	4,250
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$35,990 – $56,930	1,760
24	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,820	$29,990 – $59,170	1,340
25	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$36,600 – $67,810	160
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,950	$34,820 – $51,170	120
27	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,890	$37,640 – $52,170	140
28	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,880	$36,790 – $79,620	140
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,760	$37,540 – $48,980	370
30	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,480	$31,550 – $50,890	120
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,230	$30,950 – $49,890	70
32	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,540	$28,560 – $56,320	80
33	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,630	$31,200 – $46,910	580
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,220	$23,790 – $46,840	1,310
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,100	$28,690 – $35,640	240
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,000	$22,280 – $38,130	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fort Wayne, 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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