High paying office and admin jobs in Greenville, NC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Greenville, 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 Greenville, NC run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Greenville, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$66,750
No formal educational credential
$57,430 – $76,36040
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,910 – $85,740150
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,400
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040180
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$58,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,710 – $87,820530
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $87,180180
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,780 – $70,16040
7Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,500
Associate's degree
$35,870 – $62,10050
8Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $67,120190
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $61,720100
10Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $57,350160
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,670
Some college, no degree
$34,290 – $62,240720
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,010 – $72,56050
13Public Safety Telecommunicators$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,590 – $57,07090
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,190 – $60,500540
15Tellers$43,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $61,01080
16Billing and Posting Clerks$43,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $61,740140
17Bill and Account Collectors$41,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,630 – $48,06070
18Office Clerks, General$41,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,700 – $52,2301,870
19Data Entry Keyers$40,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $48,25030
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,860 – $47,2401,640
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $57,860270
22Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,100 – $38,92040
23Couriers and Messengers$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,390 – $45,200100
24Customer Service Representatives$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,630 – $55,8801,160
25File Clerks$35,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $50,62030
26Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$34,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,310 – $59,00070
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,760 – $43,680360
28Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,460 – $35,100100

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreenville, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$66,750	$57,430 – $76,360	40
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,270	$45,910 – $85,740	150
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,400	$42,390 – $81,040	180
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,850	$40,710 – $87,820	530
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,110	$33,860 – $87,180	180
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,170	$39,780 – $70,160	40
7	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,500	$35,870 – $62,100	50
8	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,250	$38,030 – $67,120	190
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,140	$37,320 – $61,720	100
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$39,260 – $57,350	160
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,670	$34,290 – $62,240	720
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,380	$35,010 – $72,560	50
13	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$40,590 – $57,070	90
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$31,190 – $60,500	540
15	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,630	$38,070 – $61,010	80
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,080	$37,260 – $61,740	140
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,900	$26,630 – $48,060	70
18	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,110	$29,700 – $52,230	1,870
19	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,290	$32,940 – $48,250	30
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,980	$34,860 – $47,240	1,640
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$31,200 – $57,860	270
22	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$33,100 – $38,920	40
23	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$22,390 – $45,200	100
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$28,630 – $55,880	1,160
25	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,270	$31,060 – $50,620	30
26	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,580	$25,310 – $59,000	70
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,680	$23,760 – $43,680	360
28	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,150	$23,460 – $35,100	100

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