High paying office and admin jobs in Mobile, AL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Mobile, AL. 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 Mobile, AL run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Mobile, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Mobile, AL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$66,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,420 – $89,690270
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$63,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $100,880180
3Postal Service Clerks$62,130
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03070
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $89,5501,910
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040410
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$56,390
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280220
7Cargo and Freight Agents$54,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,080 – $74,460130
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,350 – $66,820240
9Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$50,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,930 – $58,44090
10Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $70,57080
11Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,870 – $57,330190
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $60,830160
13Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$45,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,880 – $63,600110
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $68,880190
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,470
Some college, no degree
$30,640 – $58,8301,600
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,680 – $59,5103,780
17Public Safety Telecommunicators$40,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,960 – $53,080230
18Bill and Account Collectors$40,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,720 – $57,960300
19Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$39,630
Associate's degree
$32,150 – $56,96090
20Tellers$39,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,990 – $44,650420
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,070 – $57,710460
22Billing and Posting Clerks$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,210 – $57,290380
23Loan Interviewers and Clerks$38,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,490 – $58,630110
24Customer Service Representatives$37,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,070 – $55,6602,420
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,580 – $48,6701,420
26Data Entry Keyers$35,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,020 – $47,44060
27Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$35,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,730 – $37,660590
28Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$34,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $38,850310
29Couriers and Messengers$31,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,330 – $39,54060
30Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$30,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,600 – $34,480110
31Office Clerks, General$30,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,710 – $46,4501,060
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$30,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,050 – $39,480880
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,090 – $34,170370

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

#	Occupation	MedianMobile, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,080	$45,420 – $89,690	270
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,120	$44,550 – $100,880	180
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,130	$42,600 – $75,030	70
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$38,030 – $89,550	1,910
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	410
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$56,390	$45,530 – $75,280	220
7	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,110	$39,080 – $74,460	130
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,010	$38,350 – $66,820	240
9	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,700	$37,930 – $58,440	90
10	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,680	$38,500 – $70,570	80
11	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$33,870 – $57,330	190
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,910	$35,350 – $60,830	160
13	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,280	$31,880 – $63,600	110
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$33,860 – $68,880	190
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,470	$30,640 – $58,830	1,600
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$30,680 – $59,510	3,780
17	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,220	$32,960 – $53,080	230
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,030	$30,720 – $57,960	300
19	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$39,630	$32,150 – $56,960	90
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,600	$30,990 – $44,650	420
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,470	$31,070 – $57,710	460
22	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$31,210 – $57,290	380
23	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,000	$28,490 – $58,630	110
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,690	$30,070 – $55,660	2,420
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$30,580 – $48,670	1,420
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,270	$30,020 – $47,440	60
27	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,140	$34,730 – $37,660	590
28	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,060	$29,990 – $38,850	310
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,970	$25,330 – $39,540	60
30	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,970	$29,600 – $34,480	110
31	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,920	$21,710 – $46,450	1,060
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,710	$22,050 – $39,480	880
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,390	$22,090 – $34,170	370

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