High paying office and admin jobs in Morristown, TN

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Morristown, TN. 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 Morristown, TN run 13.6% below the national average (2024), so a Morristown, TN 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, Morristown, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,330 – $95,440500
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $82,540200
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,470
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $85,860130
4Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$51,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,550 – $77,10050
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $67,58040
6Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,450
Associate's degree
$30,600 – $59,35030
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,540 – $57,34080
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $75,65040
9Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,050 – $59,360340
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,040
Some college, no degree
$30,470 – $61,740420
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$42,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $60,95040
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,140 – $56,230440
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$40,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $48,50050
14Public Safety Telecommunicators$40,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,810 – $59,27030
15Procurement Clerks$39,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,570 – $61,99040
16Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$39,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,880 – $48,32090
17Order Clerks$39,080
Some college, no degree
$28,480 – $62,68030
18Customer Service Representatives$37,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $58,280740
19Data Entry Keyers$36,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,620 – $59,05030
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $50,770560
21File Clerks$36,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,760 – $48,57040
22Tellers$36,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $44,230100
23Office Clerks, General$35,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,840 – $55,120570
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,260 – $39,920150
25Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,770 – $38,09080

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

#	Occupation	MedianMorristown, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,790	$38,330 – $95,440	500
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,510	$35,410 – $82,540	200
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,470	$42,390 – $85,860	130
4	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,240	$41,550 – $77,100	50
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,200	$34,990 – $67,580	40
6	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,450	$30,600 – $59,350	30
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$32,540 – $57,340	80
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$37,390 – $75,650	40
9	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,240	$34,050 – $59,360	340
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,040	$30,470 – $61,740	420
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,730	$31,140 – $60,950	40
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,040	$28,140 – $56,230	440
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,390	$35,220 – $48,500	50
14	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,050	$33,810 – $59,270	30
15	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,930	$30,570 – $61,990	40
16	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,490	$32,880 – $48,320	90
17	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$39,080	$28,480 – $62,680	30
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,570	$29,120 – $58,280	740
19	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,990	$27,620 – $59,050	30
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$30,480 – $50,770	560
21	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,810	$20,760 – $48,570	40
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,770	$30,670 – $44,230	100
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,680	$25,840 – $55,120	570
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$22,260 – $39,920	150
25	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,780	$23,770 – $38,090	80

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