High paying office and admin jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 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, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $87,340540
2Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$61,570
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,030100
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$60,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,720 – $89,290420
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$55,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $83,2703,040
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$46,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,070 – $76,020290
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $52,380590
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $55,320390
8Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $77,550210
9Cargo and Freight Agents$44,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,590 – $58,070190
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$42,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,430 – $64,590110
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$41,960
Some college, no degree
$29,550 – $62,4602,070
12Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$40,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,540 – $60,720280
13Billing and Posting Clerks$40,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,920 – $49,5401,290
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$39,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,420 – $69,620530
15Public Safety Telecommunicators$39,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,340 – $54,920240
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,390 – $54,6203,180
17Information and Record Clerks, All Other$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,960 – $52,950470
18Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,890 – $59,120550
19Bill and Account Collectors$37,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,460 – $55,680260
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,370 – $49,220270
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,750 – $45,5202,230
22Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,800 – $49,030590
23Couriers and Messengers$35,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,200 – $44,850140
24Customer Service Representatives$35,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,230 – $46,0208,270
25Tellers$35,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,410 – $46,320740
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$34,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,970 – $50,7901,160
27File Clerks$33,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,260 – $54,940310
28Data Entry Keyers$32,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,560 – $50,770370
29Office Clerks, General$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,560 – $47,6505,420
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$28,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,690 – $37,9601,780
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$26,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,310 – $31,240390

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

#	Occupation	MedianMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$42,390 – $87,340	540
2	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$48,880 – $75,030	100
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,410	$44,720 – $89,290	420
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,570	$37,140 – $83,270	3,040
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,200	$31,070 – $76,020	290
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,660	$39,890 – $52,380	590
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,480	$34,270 – $55,320	390
8	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,100	$34,690 – $77,550	210
9	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,380	$29,590 – $58,070	190
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,670	$31,430 – $64,590	110
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$41,960	$29,550 – $62,460	2,070
12	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,810	$27,540 – $60,720	280
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,670	$28,920 – $49,540	1,290
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,500	$27,420 – $69,620	530
15	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,060	$29,340 – $54,920	240
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$27,390 – $54,620	3,180
17	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$21,960 – $52,950	470
18	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,290	$26,890 – $59,120	550
19	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,730	$25,460 – $55,680	260
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$26,370 – $49,220	270
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,370	$29,750 – $45,520	2,230
22	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$29,800 – $49,030	590
23	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,990	$27,200 – $44,850	140
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,830	$27,230 – $46,020	8,270
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,730	$26,410 – $46,320	740
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,980	$24,970 – $50,790	1,160
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,510	$22,260 – $54,940	310
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,480	$25,560 – $50,770	370
29	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$23,560 – $47,650	5,420
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,530	$21,690 – $37,960	1,780
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,170	$18,310 – $31,240	390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. 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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