High paying office and admin jobs in Huntsville, AL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Huntsville, AL. 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 Huntsville, AL run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Huntsville, AL salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Huntsville, AL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$74,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,040 – $103,660440
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$62,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,720 – $99,2502,030
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,540 – $94,810520
4Postal Service Clerks$60,530
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,360100
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,470
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040640
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$52,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,790 – $71,510150
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $63,38090
8Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $64,140130
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,130
Some college, no degree
$32,940 – $62,8201,830
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $75,550140
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,370 – $61,6804,700
12Bill and Account Collectors$45,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $72,570370
13Public Safety Telecommunicators$43,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,420 – $64,460160
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$43,620
Associate's degree
$33,500 – $65,290110
15Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $59,030850
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$42,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,830 – $59,370220
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$41,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $51,030130
18Billing and Posting Clerks$40,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $57,160420
19Tellers$39,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $46,740660
20Customer Service Representatives$38,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,760 – $57,2103,340
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,510 – $56,6901,800
22Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,560 – $46,640260
23Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$35,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,150 – $59,480210
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,460 – $41,6001,470
25Office Clerks, General$31,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,960 – $56,1801,050
26Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,150 – $35,400400

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

#	Occupation	MedianHuntsville, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,710	$48,040 – $103,660	440
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,950	$41,720 – $99,250	2,030
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,840	$45,540 – $94,810	520
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$42,600 – $76,360	100
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,470	$42,390 – $81,040	640
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,020	$36,790 – $71,510	150
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,240	$37,430 – $63,380	90
8	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$31,480 – $64,140	130
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,130	$32,940 – $62,820	1,830
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,900	$36,230 – $75,550	140
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,090	$31,370 – $61,680	4,700
12	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,270	$35,610 – $72,570	370
13	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,680	$36,420 – $64,460	160
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$43,620	$33,500 – $65,290	110
15	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,010	$31,480 – $59,030	850
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,790	$29,830 – $59,370	220
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,590	$37,660 – $51,030	130
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,160	$34,430 – $57,160	420
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,210	$35,430 – $46,740	660
20	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,400	$30,760 – $57,210	3,340
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,680	$30,510 – $56,690	1,800
22	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,620	$31,560 – $46,640	260
23	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,510	$27,150 – $59,480	210
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,060	$23,460 – $41,600	1,470
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,750	$21,960 – $56,180	1,050
26	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,170	$23,150 – $35,400	400

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