High paying office and admin jobs in Harrisonburg, VA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Harrisonburg, VA. 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 Harrisonburg, VA run 5.1% below the national average (2024), so a Harrisonburg, VA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Harrisonburg, VA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,030 – $97,110540
2Postal Service Clerks$64,670
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740130
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$58,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,480 – $80,66080
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,850 – $69,78050
6Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$56,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,380 – $87,140120
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$54,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $78,790140
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,660
Associate's degree
$39,410 – $60,58050
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $65,45060
10Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,250 – $60,65080
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,090
Some college, no degree
$34,610 – $64,740500
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $60,88050
13Billing and Posting Clerks$46,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $63,390100
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $60,380560
15Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$44,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $59,69040
16Office Clerks, General$44,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,100 – $58,7101,060
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $48,040260
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,800 – $57,340640
19Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$43,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,410 – $54,87060
20Tellers$39,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,450 – $46,120140
21Customer Service Representatives$39,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,640 – $63,060660
22Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $63,95040
23Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $58,280110
24Order Clerks$37,380
Some college, no degree
$35,970 – $52,77030
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,340 – $48,520390
26Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,250 – $36,330140
27File Clerks$25,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $50,03070

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

#	Occupation	MedianHarrisonburg, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,800	$45,030 – $97,110	540
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,670	$42,600 – $75,030	40
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$42,390 – $83,740	130
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,040	$42,480 – $80,660	80
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,800	$44,850 – $69,780	50
6	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,380	$27,380 – $87,140	120
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,870	$38,230 – $78,790	140
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,660	$39,410 – $60,580	50
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,900	$38,090 – $65,450	60
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$41,250 – $60,650	80
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,090	$34,610 – $64,740	500
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$37,410 – $60,880	50
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,920	$37,240 – $63,390	100
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,690	$35,250 – $60,380	560
15	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,880	$34,990 – $59,690	40
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,060	$30,100 – $58,710	1,060
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,580	$37,380 – $48,040	260
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,530	$35,800 – $57,340	640
19	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,040	$40,410 – $54,870	60
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,880	$35,450 – $46,120	140
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,100	$30,640 – $63,060	660
22	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,120	$34,930 – $63,950	40
23	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$37,320 – $58,280	110
24	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$37,380	$35,970 – $52,770	30
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,220	$29,340 – $48,520	390
26	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,950	$28,250 – $36,330	140
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,810	$25,810 – $50,030	70

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