High paying office and admin jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 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, Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,830 – $102,1406,470
2Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030240
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,600 – $95,410890
4Loan Interviewers and Clerks$60,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,760 – $79,3801,330
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,440
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$56,390
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030670
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $77,180600
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$53,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,490 – $77,8402,270
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,880 – $72,3901,060
10Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$51,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,490 – $58,050520
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,130 – $62,410280
12Procurement Clerks$50,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,330 – $62,260220
13Cargo and Freight Agents$49,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,530 – $75,3101,310
14Bill and Account Collectors$49,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,400 – $65,090660
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,870
Associate's degree
$38,180 – $63,730400
16Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,570 – $63,5502,130
17Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $66,940250
18Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,990
Some college, no degree
$30,360 – $69,8507,730
19Billing and Posting Clerks$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $58,3302,260
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,780 – $63,1904,770
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $59,1906,180
22Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,930 – $58,510300
23Statistical Assistants$45,660
Bachelor's degree
$39,890 – $58,430320
24Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$45,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $58,770550
25Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$45,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $78,170270
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $53,4507,910
27Order Clerks$43,580
Some college, no degree
$34,750 – $52,660450
28Data Entry Keyers$43,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $55,490510
29Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $70,940890
30Customer Service Representatives$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,350 – $61,24013,630
31Office Clerks, General$41,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,320 – $59,66010,480
32Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$39,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $47,490240
33Tellers$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,440 – $46,0101,390
34Couriers and Messengers$35,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,070 – $42,650230
35Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,330 – $46,0403,330
36Library Assistants, Clerical$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,550 – $44,960350
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,640 – $38,1401,260

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,450	$44,830 – $102,140	6,470
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $75,030	240
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,380	$46,600 – $95,410	890
4	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,110	$25,760 – $79,380	1,330
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,040	1,440
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$56,390	$42,600 – $75,030	670
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,600	$39,870 – $77,180	600
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,630	$38,490 – $77,840	2,270
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,950	$34,880 – $72,390	1,060
10	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,330	$38,490 – $58,050	520
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,860	$40,130 – $62,410	280
12	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,460	$40,330 – $62,260	220
13	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,480	$39,530 – $75,310	1,310
14	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,400	$37,400 – $65,090	660
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,870	$38,180 – $63,730	400
16	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,330	$42,570 – $63,550	2,130
17	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,050	$37,840 – $66,940	250
18	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,990	$30,360 – $69,850	7,730
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$38,340 – $58,330	2,260
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,090	$33,780 – $63,190	4,770
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,690	$36,000 – $59,190	6,180
22	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$37,930 – $58,510	300
23	Statistical AssistantsBachelor's degree	$45,660	$39,890 – $58,430	320
24	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,510	$36,550 – $58,770	550
25	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,240	$37,300 – $78,170	270
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,430	$35,560 – $53,450	7,910
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,580	$34,750 – $52,660	450
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,570	$31,480 – $55,490	510
29	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,920	$29,640 – $70,940	890
30	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$31,350 – $61,240	13,630
31	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,290	$23,320 – $59,660	10,480
32	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,990	$28,520 – $47,490	240
33	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$31,440 – $46,010	1,390
34	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,490	$28,070 – $42,650	230
35	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,520	$26,330 – $46,040	3,330
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$27,550 – $44,960	350
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,080	$27,640 – $38,140	1,260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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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