High paying office and admin jobs in Salem, OR

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Salem, OR. 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 Salem, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Salem, OR salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Salem, OR · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$78,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,490 – $95,860180
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$75,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,030 – $104,6001,190
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$70,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,170 – $95,760800
4Postal Service Clerks$64,670
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36080
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$62,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,930 – $70,320230
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $84,890290
7Procurement Clerks$60,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,110 – $67,17070
8Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040330
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,210 – $76,140180
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$57,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $63,890290
11Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$56,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,100 – $74,970270
12Billing and Posting Clerks$56,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,190 – $73,160460
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$55,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,720 – $70,3203,220
14Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$55,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,110 – $68,020180
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$54,420
Some college, no degree
$38,560 – $77,8702,230
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$54,040
Associate's degree
$44,620 – $63,350150
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $74,130290
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$52,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $68,54090
19Office Clerks, General$50,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $63,6303,160
20Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,000 – $64,130260
21File Clerks$50,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $60,940130
22Cargo and Freight Agents$50,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,100 – $74,41060
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$49,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $59,930200
24New Accounts Clerks$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,550 – $61,58080
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $59,9801,440
26Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$48,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,780 – $55,66070
27Customer Service Representatives$47,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $70,3002,140
28Order Clerks$47,730
Some college, no degree
$40,220 – $64,64070
29Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $70,320920
30Information and Record Clerks, All Other$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $62,520510
31Data Entry Keyers$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,230 – $49,690100
32Tellers$45,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $48,460220
33Couriers and Messengers$42,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,170 – $56,82080
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $48,3101,290
35Library Assistants, Clerical$38,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,980 – $46,59060
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $45,050170

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalem, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,950	$57,490 – $95,860	180
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,990	$52,030 – $104,600	1,190
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,320	$54,170 – $95,760	800
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,670	$42,600 – $76,360	80
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,830	$49,930 – $70,320	230
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,590	$40,080 – $84,890	290
7	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,150	$45,110 – $67,170	70
8	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	330
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,180	$43,210 – $76,140	180
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,720	$34,910 – $63,890	290
11	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,240	$33,100 – $74,970	270
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,040	$42,190 – $73,160	460
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,660	$39,720 – $70,320	3,220
14	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,660	$41,110 – $68,020	180
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$54,420	$38,560 – $77,870	2,230
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$54,040	$44,620 – $63,350	150
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,040	$38,930 – $74,130	290
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,580	$36,890 – $68,540	90
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,650	$36,910 – $63,630	3,160
20	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,510	$48,000 – $64,130	260
21	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,390	$33,860 – $60,940	130
22	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,100	$44,100 – $74,410	60
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,810	$47,840 – $59,930	200
24	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$47,550 – $61,580	80
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$39,120 – $59,980	1,440
26	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,420	$30,780 – $55,660	70
27	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,790	$37,300 – $70,300	2,140
28	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,730	$40,220 – $64,640	70
29	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,590	$36,650 – $70,320	920
30	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$30,470 – $62,520	510
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$33,230 – $49,690	100
32	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,120	$37,600 – $48,460	220
33	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,280	$33,170 – $56,820	80
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,510	$31,410 – $48,310	1,290
35	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,420	$32,980 – $46,590	60
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,170	$34,320 – $45,050	170

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