High paying office and admin jobs in Johnson City, TN

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Johnson City, TN. 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 Johnson City, TN run 12.1% below the national average (2024), so a Johnson City, TN salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Johnson City, TN · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$68,810
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $76,36040
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $90,0801,420
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$58,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,410 – $91,89080
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,710
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040230
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$56,390
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36070
6Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,430 – $58,280110
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,120 – $75,480270
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $59,02060
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,760
Associate's degree
$34,420 – $61,810100
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,280 – $58,90090
11Procurement Clerks$45,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,270 – $58,22060
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,740 – $71,33040
13Billing and Posting Clerks$42,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,680 – $51,840120
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$41,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $58,57080
15Public Safety Telecommunicators$41,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,160 – $46,80060
16Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$40,700
Some college, no degree
$29,650 – $58,990870
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,450 – $50,770350
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,800 – $56,9301,030
19Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$39,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $49,910120
20Meter Readers, Utilities$39,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $62,80050
21Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$38,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,940 – $56,10070
22Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,390 – $50,080270
23Tellers$37,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,750 – $45,450210
24Customer Service Representatives$36,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,520 – $49,0601,940
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,450 – $47,1301,580
26Bill and Account Collectors$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,340 – $42,390470
27Office Clerks, General$36,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,620 – $53,8401,510
28File Clerks$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,140 – $47,17060
29Data Entry Keyers$36,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,900 – $48,65030
30Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$35,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $50,780130
31Order Clerks$35,770
Some college, no degree
$30,140 – $47,17040
32Couriers and Messengers$32,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,590 – $43,12070
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,700 – $42,190300
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,020 – $35,350110

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

#	Occupation	MedianJohnson City, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$68,810	$54,330 – $76,360	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,420	$40,020 – $90,080	1,420
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,750	$38,410 – $91,890	80
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,710	$42,390 – $81,040	230
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$56,390	$42,600 – $76,360	70
6	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$32,430 – $58,280	110
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$35,120 – $75,480	270
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$37,220 – $59,020	60
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,760	$34,420 – $61,810	100
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,150	$36,280 – $58,900	90
11	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,910	$35,270 – $58,220	60
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,390	$25,740 – $71,330	40
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,270	$33,680 – $51,840	120
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,730	$33,840 – $58,570	80
15	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,570	$31,160 – $46,800	60
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$40,700	$29,650 – $58,990	870
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,220	$31,450 – $50,770	350
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,060	$28,800 – $56,930	1,030
19	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,380	$30,250 – $49,910	120
20	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,090	$29,640 – $62,800	50
21	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,860	$29,940 – $56,100	70
22	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,680	$23,390 – $50,080	270
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,520	$29,750 – $45,450	210
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,570	$29,520 – $49,060	1,940
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,570	$30,450 – $47,130	1,580
26	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$30,340 – $42,390	470
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,420	$26,620 – $53,840	1,510
28	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$20,140 – $47,170	60
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,110	$25,900 – $48,650	30
30	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,900	$35,900 – $50,780	130
31	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$35,770	$30,140 – $47,170	40
32	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,710	$29,590 – $43,120	70
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,180	$24,700 – $42,190	300
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,230	$23,020 – $35,350	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Johnson City, TN. 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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