High paying office and admin jobs in Montgomery, AL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Montgomery, 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 Montgomery, AL run 10.3% below the national average (2024), so a Montgomery, AL 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, Montgomery, AL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,910 – $99,730310
2Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36090
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $94,2601,690
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,030230
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,450 – $79,690170
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,930
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040490
7Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $64,940110
8Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $63,27090
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $67,210180
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $66,550160
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,830
Associate's degree
$32,650 – $61,050170
12Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $64,140280
13Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $59,830130
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$43,710
Some college, no degree
$29,390 – $59,5201,400
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,270 – $56,4804,060
16Billing and Posting Clerks$38,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,860 – $56,490260
17Public Safety Telecommunicators$38,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,790 – $47,210200
18Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$38,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,800 – $58,71070
19Bill and Account Collectors$38,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $52,070130
20Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,690 – $48,43080
21Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$38,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,230 – $54,240140
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,350 – $55,300500
23Tellers$38,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $46,260480
24Loan Interviewers and Clerks$37,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,100 – $57,140210
25Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,420 – $45,55080
26Customer Service Representatives$36,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,890 – $52,8702,500
27Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,970 – $49,8601,110
28Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$36,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $49,990240
29Data Entry Keyers$34,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $44,41080
30Couriers and Messengers$34,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,030 – $42,33060
31Office Clerks, General$33,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,800 – $46,6601,560
32Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,580 – $38,18060
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$30,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,490 – $39,880750
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,580 – $34,810410
35Library Assistants, Clerical$24,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,120 – $36,94080

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

#	Occupation	MedianMontgomery, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,110	$46,910 – $99,730	310
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $76,360	90
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,100	$40,630 – $94,260	1,690
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$47,440 – $75,030	230
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,080	$40,450 – $79,690	170
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,930	$42,390 – $81,040	490
7	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$42,340 – $64,940	110
8	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,310	$36,500 – $63,270	90
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,000	$35,610 – $67,210	180
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,790	$31,750 – $66,550	160
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,830	$32,650 – $61,050	170
12	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$36,500 – $64,140	280
13	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$35,560 – $59,830	130
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,710	$29,390 – $59,520	1,400
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,260	$29,270 – $56,480	4,060
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,590	$31,860 – $56,490	260
17	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,560	$30,790 – $47,210	200
18	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,480	$31,800 – $58,710	70
19	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,390	$30,050 – $52,070	130
20	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$33,690 – $48,430	80
21	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,350	$32,230 – $54,240	140
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,170	$29,350 – $55,300	500
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,070	$30,600 – $46,260	480
24	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,650	$28,100 – $57,140	210
25	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$26,420 – $45,550	80
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,960	$29,890 – $52,870	2,500
27	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,500	$29,970 – $49,860	1,110
28	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,500	$30,470 – $49,990	240
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,930	$30,050 – $44,410	80
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,590	$27,030 – $42,330	60
31	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,050	$22,800 – $46,660	1,560
32	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$27,580 – $38,180	60
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,740	$22,490 – $39,880	750
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,870	$22,580 – $34,810	410
35	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,410	$19,120 – $36,940	80

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