High paying office and admin jobs in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC run 1.8% below the national average (2024), so a Raleigh-Cary, NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Raleigh-Cary, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,090 – $100,4505,170
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,7401,390
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,100 – $81,3401,700
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280690
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$54,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,670 – $71,620430
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,730 – $79,880590
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,710 – $67,090850
8Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$51,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,230 – $76,200850
9Billing and Posting Clerks$51,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $66,600820
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,200
Some college, no degree
$37,650 – $69,2307,550
11Bill and Account Collectors$50,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,910 – $77,910670
12Public Safety Telecommunicators$49,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,600 – $63,910360
13New Accounts Clerks$49,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,260 – $62,970500
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,640
Associate's degree
$35,860 – $63,120370
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$48,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $65,1507,170
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,630 – $72,950720
17Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$48,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $79,9201,170
18Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,610 – $65,840970
19Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,610 – $58,830920
20File Clerks$47,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,200 – $60,240290
21Order Clerks$47,400
Some college, no degree
$36,600 – $61,580380
22Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $76,660780
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $57,1807,600
24Data Entry Keyers$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,120 – $52,920520
25Tellers$45,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $50,450730
26Office Clerks, General$44,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,050 – $60,91011,350
27Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,240 – $60,0302,230
28Customer Service Representatives$41,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,530 – $63,49013,620
29Couriers and Messengers$39,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,400 – $61,540360
30Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $52,460460
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,670 – $50,2603,690
32Information and Record Clerks, All Other$34,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,520 – $54,750670
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,560 – $38,080900

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

#	Occupation	MedianRaleigh-Cary, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,550	$46,090 – $100,450	5,170
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $83,740	1,390
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,190	$42,100 – $81,340	1,700
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,280	690
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,360	$43,670 – $71,620	430
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,100	$33,730 – $79,880	590
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,600	$39,710 – $67,090	850
8	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,300	$39,230 – $76,200	850
9	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,070	$35,590 – $66,600	820
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,200	$37,650 – $69,230	7,550
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,200	$33,910 – $77,910	670
12	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,900	$42,600 – $63,910	360
13	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,590	$47,260 – $62,970	500
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,640	$35,860 – $63,120	370
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,500	$35,260 – $65,150	7,170
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,310	$34,630 – $72,950	720
17	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,300	$38,260 – $79,920	1,170
18	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$41,610 – $65,840	970
19	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$47,610 – $58,830	920
20	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,560	$33,200 – $60,240	290
21	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,400	$36,600 – $61,580	380
22	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$32,130 – $76,660	780
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$37,220 – $57,180	7,600
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$34,120 – $52,920	520
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,320	$38,150 – $50,450	730
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,460	$29,050 – $60,910	11,350
27	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,300	$34,240 – $60,030	2,230
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,900	$31,530 – $63,490	13,620
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,650	$27,400 – $61,540	360
30	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,770	$34,650 – $52,460	460
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,550	$25,670 – $50,260	3,690
32	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,490	$27,520 – $54,750	670
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,800	$23,560 – $38,080	900

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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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