High paying office and admin jobs in Lake Charles, LA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lake Charles, LA. 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 Lake Charles, LA run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Lake Charles, LA salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Lake Charles, LA · Employed

1Cargo and Freight Agents$68,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,640 – $74,88030
2Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $103,140110
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,510
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040300
5First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$54,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $84,480880
6Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,550 – $74,650130
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,180 – $68,600110
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $60,94050
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $59,850160
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,660 – $56,75060
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,550
Some college, no degree
$29,990 – $63,500830
12Billing and Posting Clerks$42,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,220 – $55,330210
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $60,2901,390
14Financial Clerks, All Other$39,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,900 – $58,76040
15Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,560 – $51,410220
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$37,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $58,470340
17Information and Record Clerks, All Other$36,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $64,94050
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,110 – $50,440170
19Tellers$35,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,720 – $41,740270
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$35,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,210 – $41,390130
21Customer Service Representatives$35,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,700 – $48,0001,090
22Data Entry Keyers$33,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,890 – $49,00040
23Couriers and Messengers$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $45,45060
24Office Clerks, General$31,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,420 – $49,7801,590
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,280 – $42,990570
26File Clerks$27,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,500 – $39,78040
27Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,830 – $32,940290

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

#	Occupation	MedianLake Charles, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,080	$25,640 – $74,880	30
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $76,360	50
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,420	$39,430 – $103,140	110
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,510	$42,390 – $81,040	300
5	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,960	$36,260 – $84,480	880
6	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,390	$35,550 – $74,650	130
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$28,180 – $68,600	110
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$28,550 – $60,940	50
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,400	$31,680 – $59,850	160
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$28,660 – $56,750	60
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,550	$29,990 – $63,500	830
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,890	$33,220 – $55,330	210
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,260	$24,960 – $60,290	1,390
14	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,050	$30,900 – $58,760	40
15	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$23,560 – $51,410	220
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,010	$24,160 – $58,470	340
17	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,820	$31,200 – $64,940	50
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$24,110 – $50,440	170
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,360	$28,720 – $41,740	270
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,340	$30,210 – $41,390	130
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,080	$25,700 – $48,000	1,090
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,310	$22,890 – $49,000	40
23	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$22,570 – $45,450	60
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,630	$21,420 – $49,780	1,590
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,620	$19,280 – $42,990	570
26	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,680	$16,500 – $39,780	40
27	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,570	$22,830 – $32,940	290

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lake Charles, LA. 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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