High paying office and admin jobs in Michigan City-La Porte, IN

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Michigan City-La Porte, 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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN run 8.3% below the national average (2024), so a Michigan City-La Porte, IN salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Michigan City-La Porte, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,360 – $96,260240
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040110
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$59,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,940 – $91,95040
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,480 – $78,35090
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,910 – $66,14040
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $64,71040
7Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $73,39040
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,650
Some college, no degree
$31,240 – $64,570340
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,080 – $59,67040
10Billing and Posting Clerks$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,390 – $58,21090
11Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $59,170380
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $57,390280
13Order Clerks$43,260
Some college, no degree
$34,630 – $76,85030
14Customer Service Representatives$41,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,950 – $60,010420
15Office Clerks, General$41,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,460 – $61,290750
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$40,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $47,85040
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $55,040220
18Tellers$38,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,680 – $44,430110
19Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,980 – $46,410200
20Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,860 – $35,75060

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

#	Occupation	MedianMichigan City-La Porte, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,840	$43,360 – $96,260	240
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$42,390 – $81,040	110
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,330	$42,940 – $91,950	40
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,820	$44,480 – $78,350	90
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,840	$33,910 – $66,140	40
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,150	$37,240 – $64,710	40
7	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,120	$29,990 – $73,390	40
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,650	$31,240 – $64,570	340
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,170	$37,080 – $59,670	40
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$36,390 – $58,210	90
11	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,880	$35,970 – $59,170	380
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,100	$30,200 – $57,390	280
13	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,260	$34,630 – $76,850	30
14	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,880	$29,950 – $60,010	420
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,480	$28,460 – $61,290	750
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,940	$35,090 – $47,850	40
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$34,960 – $55,040	220
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,200	$34,680 – $44,430	110
19	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,390	$27,980 – $46,410	200
20	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,830	$22,860 – $35,750	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Michigan City-La Porte, 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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