High paying office and admin jobs in Manhattan, KS

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Manhattan, 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 Manhattan, KS run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Manhattan, KS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Manhattan, KS · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$71,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,870 – $98,010100
2Postal Service Clerks$63,920
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $71,40030
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,910 – $90,000350
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
5Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$56,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,690 – $65,17070
6Procurement Clerks$56,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,440 – $61,61030
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,780 – $83,670100
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,820
Associate's degree
$39,120 – $59,95090
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,430 – $73,03040
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,180 – $62,69040
11Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $59,950110
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $63,60080
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $63,98040
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,570
Some college, no degree
$29,910 – $61,480560
15Billing and Posting Clerks$45,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $61,580130
16Office Clerks, General$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $54,95080
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $55,530170
18Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,860 – $61,81060
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,080 – $53,7001,230
20Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,140 – $54,73070
21Customer Service Representatives$38,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,060 – $53,560870
22New Accounts Clerks$38,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $57,29040
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $57,890190
24Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $45,02070
25Tellers$35,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,480 – $45,320220
26Library Assistants, Clerical$32,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,190 – $42,63090
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $43,600390
28Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,130 – $33,460130

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

#	Occupation	MedianManhattan, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,330	$48,870 – $98,010	100
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,920	$42,600 – $71,400	30
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,530	$43,910 – $90,000	350
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	130
5	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,620	$48,690 – $65,170	70
6	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,620	$49,440 – $61,610	30
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,570	$34,780 – $83,670	100
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,820	$39,120 – $59,950	90
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,640	$42,430 – $73,030	40
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$43,180 – $62,690	40
11	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,060	$40,700 – $59,950	110
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$36,340 – $63,600	80
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$32,940 – $63,980	40
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,570	$29,910 – $61,480	560
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,290	$36,840 – $61,580	130
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$36,950 – $54,950	80
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,910	$32,130 – $55,530	170
18	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,540	$34,860 – $61,810	60
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,460	$27,080 – $53,700	1,230
20	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$28,140 – $54,730	70
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,620	$28,060 – $53,560	870
22	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,150	$33,360 – $57,290	40
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,910	$32,930 – $57,890	190
24	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,690	$34,950 – $45,020	70
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,930	$29,480 – $45,320	220
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,710	$26,190 – $42,630	90
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$22,570 – $43,600	390
28	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,630	$27,130 – $33,460	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Manhattan, 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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