High paying office and admin jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$74,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,480 – $104,9807,390
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,100 – $105,67036,940
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0406,660
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,920 – $94,8108,830
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$55,350
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,2801,900
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,470 – $77,1103,260
7Cargo and Freight Agents$50,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $73,1502,140
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,800 – $63,5501,510
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,460
Some college, no degree
$34,730 – $74,01026,090
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,580 – $72,0102,460
11Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $60,9403,030
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,890
Associate's degree
$32,700 – $68,1801,140
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $74,9402,850
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,780 – $75,8705,720
15Billing and Posting Clerks$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $66,6806,820
16Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $58,1502,190
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,770 – $65,94033,710
18Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,450 – $82,6804,210
19Order Clerks$45,620
Some college, no degree
$34,720 – $63,2001,270
20Tellers$45,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $47,7705,760
21Bill and Account Collectors$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,730 – $59,7704,660
22Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,340 – $58,9002,910
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $55,12020,220
24Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$42,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,710 – $63,6904,820
25Information and Record Clerks, All Other$42,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,490 – $70,1303,470
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,89022,670
27File Clerks$41,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $63,5802,580
28Customer Service Representatives$40,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $59,84065,510
29Office Clerks, General$40,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,570 – $63,19050,040
30Couriers and Messengers$40,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,990 – $50,5001,090
31Data Entry Keyers$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,440 – $58,9004,430
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,370 – $47,72017,140
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,040 – $37,7304,410
34Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$29,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,580 – $70,8504,640

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

#	Occupation	MedianHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,850	$51,480 – $104,980	7,390
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,990	$45,100 – $105,670	36,940
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	6,660
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,600	$33,920 – $94,810	8,830
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$55,350	$42,600 – $75,280	1,900
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,090	$38,470 – $77,110	3,260
7	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,220	$36,490 – $73,150	2,140
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,200	$40,800 – $63,550	1,510
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,460	$34,730 – $74,010	26,090
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,220	$38,580 – $72,010	2,460
11	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,930	$38,900 – $60,940	3,030
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,890	$32,700 – $68,180	1,140
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,700	$38,480 – $74,940	2,850
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,550	$33,780 – $75,870	5,720
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$36,400 – $66,680	6,820
16	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$36,800 – $58,150	2,190
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,750	$29,770 – $65,940	33,710
18	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,150	$40,450 – $82,680	4,210
19	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,620	$34,720 – $63,200	1,270
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,090	$35,610 – $47,770	5,760
21	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$30,730 – $59,770	4,660
22	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,400	$25,340 – $58,900	2,910
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,210	$30,520 – $55,120	20,220
24	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,970	$23,710 – $63,690	4,820
25	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,830	$25,490 – $70,130	3,470
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,590	$31,200 – $58,890	22,670
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,400	$29,640 – $63,580	2,580
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,380	$28,600 – $59,840	65,510
29	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,370	$24,570 – $63,190	50,040
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,370	$33,990 – $50,500	1,090
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$27,440 – $58,900	4,430
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,350	$24,370 – $47,720	17,140
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,900	$22,040 – $37,730	4,410
34	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,870	$29,580 – $70,850	4,640

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. 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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