High paying office and admin jobs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 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, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$68,670
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$62,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,800 – $101,42070
3Brokerage Clerks$60,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,440 – $141,75040
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740180
5First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,160 – $88,480960
6Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$58,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $63,500130
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,700 – $82,930160
8Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$50,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,950 – $63,96030
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,250
Some college, no degree
$35,180 – $73,500850
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,950 – $63,02030
11Data Entry Keyers$49,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,600 – $57,17060
12Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$48,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,200 – $75,95040
13Public Safety Telecommunicators$47,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $60,12050
14Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $79,02090
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $63,5001,060
16File Clerks$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $63,09030
17Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,130 – $64,01060
18Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,050 – $62,690110
19Tellers$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $49,720150
20Billing and Posting Clerks$44,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,540 – $59,830140
21Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$44,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,780 – $49,740100
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $58,810220
23Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$42,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $50,02050
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $57,090740
25Bill and Account Collectors$40,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,980 – $50,750120
26Library Assistants, Clerical$39,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,110 – $44,48050
27Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$38,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,440 – $57,36040
28Office Clerks, General$38,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,190 – $59,6801,510
29Customer Service Representatives$37,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,460 – $55,5701,640
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,610 – $44,980530
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,460 – $47,900650

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

#	Occupation	MedianHilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$68,670	$42,600 – $76,360	50
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,270	$46,800 – $101,420	70
3	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,890	$50,440 – $141,750	40
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,880	$42,390 – $83,740	180
5	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,090	$39,160 – $88,480	960
6	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,500	$35,360 – $63,500	130
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,190	$43,700 – $82,930	160
8	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,940	$44,950 – $63,960	30
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,250	$35,180 – $73,500	850
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$44,950 – $63,020	30
11	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,280	$31,600 – $57,170	60
12	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,660	$38,200 – $75,950	40
13	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,570	$38,990 – $60,120	50
14	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,460	$37,060 – $79,020	90
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$31,570 – $63,500	1,060
16	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$34,010 – $63,090	30
17	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,780	$19,130 – $64,010	60
18	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$33,050 – $62,690	110
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$37,480 – $49,720	150
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,130	$34,540 – $59,830	140
21	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,080	$40,780 – $49,740	100
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,400	$31,010 – $58,810	220
23	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,230	$34,590 – $50,020	50
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$35,940 – $57,090	740
25	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,680	$30,980 – $50,750	120
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,810	$38,110 – $44,480	50
27	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,650	$32,440 – $57,360	40
28	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,290	$20,190 – $59,680	1,510
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,590	$28,460 – $55,570	1,640
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,550	$20,610 – $44,980	530
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,510	$23,460 – $47,900	650

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. 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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