High paying office and admin jobs in Lynchburg, VA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lynchburg, VA. 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 Lynchburg, VA run 10.6% below the national average (2024), so a Lynchburg, VA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Lynchburg, VA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$62,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,100 – $99,610770
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,570 – $94,260150
3Postal Service Clerks$61,570
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36070
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $90,280230
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,950 – $73,00050
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $84,740300
7Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $64,50080
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $74,650140
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $57,160140
10Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,740
Associate's degree
$38,940 – $60,99040
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$47,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $58,25090
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,060
Some college, no degree
$33,160 – $64,760890
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $66,53070
14Billing and Posting Clerks$43,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $56,640310
15Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$43,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,410 – $53,300120
16Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $48,910700
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,290 – $62,450580
18Bill and Account Collectors$42,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $57,08040
19Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,180 – $58,79050
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,730 – $58,860910
21Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$40,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $54,780110
22Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$40,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,690 – $56,93040
23New Accounts Clerks$40,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,710 – $40,71040
24Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$40,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $55,43050
25Office Clerks, General$40,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,150 – $59,2801,440
26Tellers$39,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $46,010210
27File Clerks$38,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,960 – $65,27040
28Customer Service Representatives$37,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,390 – $56,0701,220
29Order Clerks$36,990
Some college, no degree
$28,040 – $59,32050
30Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $45,71090
31Data Entry Keyers$36,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,950 – $56,05040
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,600 – $43,550560
33Library Assistants, Clerical$32,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,500 – $39,50040
34Information and Record Clerks, All Other$26,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,350 – $54,900130

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

#	Occupation	MedianLynchburg, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,560	$44,100 – $99,610	770
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,920	$46,570 – $94,260	150
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$42,600 – $76,360	70
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,650	$38,760 – $90,280	230
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,950	$44,950 – $73,000	50
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,700	$42,390 – $84,740	300
7	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,760	$37,970 – $64,500	80
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$38,150 – $74,650	140
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,800	$38,430 – $57,160	140
10	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,740	$38,940 – $60,990	40
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,140	$37,900 – $58,250	90
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,060	$33,160 – $64,760	890
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,760	$34,910 – $66,530	70
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,980	$37,040 – $56,640	310
15	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,040	$40,410 – $53,300	120
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,030	$36,930 – $48,910	700
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,630	$28,290 – $62,450	580
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,200	$30,480 – $57,080	40
19	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,090	$33,180 – $58,790	50
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,510	$30,730 – $58,860	910
21	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,990	$28,600 – $54,780	110
22	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,910	$30,690 – $56,930	40
23	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,710	$40,710 – $40,710	40
24	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,300	$32,210 – $55,430	50
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,220	$28,150 – $59,280	1,440
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,630	$35,740 – $46,010	210
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,250	$27,960 – $65,270	40
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,670	$29,390 – $56,070	1,220
29	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$36,990	$28,040 – $59,320	50
30	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,820	$25,810 – $45,710	90
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,600	$28,950 – $56,050	40
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,940	$26,600 – $43,550	560
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,090	$28,500 – $39,500	40
34	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,350	$26,350 – $54,900	130

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