High paying office and admin jobs in Rockford, IL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rockford, IL. 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 Rockford, IL run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rockford, IL 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, Rockford, IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $101,880750
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$62,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,040 – $97,050160
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$59,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,350 – $88,79050
4Postal Service Clerks$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03050
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040420
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,010 – $87,960320
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,740 – $76,410120
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$54,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,280 – $78,220100
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,950 – $80,320140
10File Clerks$49,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,280 – $68,100100
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $60,270130
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,720 – $60,06070
13Procurement Clerks$47,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,840 – $61,20050
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,790
Some college, no degree
$35,720 – $63,8201,020
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,270 – $61,240150
16Billing and Posting Clerks$46,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $59,600340
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $74,730280
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $68,1401,360
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $57,800930
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $60,750860
21Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,060
Associate's degree
$35,360 – $63,69060
22Bill and Account Collectors$44,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,220 – $62,720100
23Order Clerks$44,150
Some college, no degree
$34,010 – $57,46050
24Office Clerks, General$43,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $61,4602,000
25Customer Service Representatives$43,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,210 – $64,2102,070
26Tellers$40,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,890 – $47,930270
27Data Entry Keyers$40,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,160 – $56,100160
28Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,6301,000
29Couriers and Messengers$37,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $44,23050
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $37,420130
31Library Assistants, Clerical$32,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $38,120160

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

#	Occupation	MedianRockford, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,740	$41,600 – $101,880	750
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,100	$49,040 – $97,050	160
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,990	$48,350 – $88,790	50
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $75,030	50
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,040	420
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,230	$41,010 – $87,960	320
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,630	$38,740 – $76,410	120
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,130	$36,280 – $78,220	100
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,710	$33,950 – $80,320	140
10	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,870	$31,280 – $68,100	100
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,810	$38,520 – $60,270	130
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,350	$37,720 – $60,060	70
13	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,130	$35,840 – $61,200	50
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,790	$35,720 – $63,820	1,020
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,730	$39,270 – $61,240	150
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,540	$37,560 – $59,600	340
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,260	$37,440 – $74,730	280
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,130	$35,040 – $68,140	1,360
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$37,320 – $57,800	930
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,530	$36,330 – $60,750	860
21	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,060	$35,360 – $63,690	60
22	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,210	$38,220 – $62,720	100
23	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,150	$34,010 – $57,460	50
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,400	$31,200 – $61,460	2,000
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,260	$31,210 – $64,210	2,070
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,420	$34,890 – $47,930	270
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,400	$32,160 – $56,100	160
28	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,460	$31,200 – $46,630	1,000
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,450	$33,860 – $44,230	50
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,330	$31,200 – $37,420	130
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,420	$31,200 – $38,120	160

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