High paying office and admin jobs in Joplin, MO-KS

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Joplin, MO-KS. 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 Joplin, MO-KS run 14.3% below the national average (2024), so a Joplin, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.17× 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, Joplin, MO-KS · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,090
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,640210
2Postal Service Clerks$60,250
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36060
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$56,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $88,050590
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,040 – $76,300320
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,180 – $78,800150
6Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$53,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,050 – $78,090160
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $74,720100
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,180
Some college, no degree
$33,750 – $60,270530
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $58,200100
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $57,370140
11Billing and Posting Clerks$43,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $61,360200
12Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$43,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,750 – $66,52060
13Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $55,250620
14Customer Service Representatives$41,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $62,0701,080
15Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,190 – $62,870170
16Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$38,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $47,990110
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,030 – $54,170260
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$38,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,420 – $55,850990
19Office Clerks, General$38,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $57,5101,460
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$36,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,930 – $41,44070
21Tellers$35,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,580 – $45,760280
22Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$35,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,910 – $47,20070
23Bill and Account Collectors$34,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $48,580130
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $41,270510
25Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $35,200120
26Library Assistants, Clerical$28,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$15,970 – $35,88040

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

#	Occupation	MedianJoplin, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,090	$42,390 – $81,640	210
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,250	$42,600 – $76,360	60
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,800	$32,130 – $88,050	590
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,790	$38,040 – $76,300	320
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,840	$37,180 – $78,800	150
6	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,590	$35,050 – $78,090	160
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$37,330 – $74,720	100
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,180	$33,750 – $60,270	530
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$36,820 – $58,200	100
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,690	$34,480 – $57,370	140
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,830	$34,650 – $61,360	200
12	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,240	$28,750 – $66,520	60
13	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,000	$32,130 – $55,250	620
14	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,850	$29,690 – $62,070	1,080
15	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,020	$32,190 – $62,870	170
16	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,900	$38,900 – $47,990	110
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,600	$33,030 – $54,170	260
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,540	$29,420 – $55,850	990
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,170	$28,600 – $57,510	1,460
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,380	$33,930 – $41,440	70
21	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,190	$29,580 – $45,760	280
22	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,130	$28,910 – $47,200	70
23	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,550	$28,600 – $48,580	130
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,350	$28,600 – $41,270	510
25	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,510	$28,600 – $35,200	120
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,600	$15,970 – $35,880	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Joplin, MO-KS. 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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