High paying office and admin jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tuscaloosa, 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 Tuscaloosa, AL run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Tuscaloosa, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Tuscaloosa, AL · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$70,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,310 – $86,990100
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$66,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,760 – $95,250130
3Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03060
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $85,090970
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,690
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040270
6Information and Record Clerks, All Other$55,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,910 – $72,65040
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $61,460100
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $63,26040
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $56,220100
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $68,74070
11Billing and Posting Clerks$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $57,960150
12Public Safety Telecommunicators$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,850 – $62,900170
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$43,400
Some college, no degree
$29,490 – $58,700900
14Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $57,71060
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,750 – $56,6702,330
16Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,810 – $72,13080
17Meter Readers, Utilities$40,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $47,13040
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$40,430
Associate's degree
$31,590 – $59,53040
19Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,190 – $54,170390
20Bill and Account Collectors$40,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,930 – $56,16070
21Customer Service Representatives$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $52,930860
22Tellers$37,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,630 – $45,600300
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,160 – $50,900660
24Data Entry Keyers$32,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $40,28060
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$32,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $45,710170
26Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$32,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,850 – $44,91040
27Office Clerks, General$30,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,960 – $47,420770
28Receptionists and Information Clerks$30,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,020 – $39,000510
29Couriers and Messengers$29,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $35,99050
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,540 – $33,640210

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

#	Occupation	MedianTuscaloosa, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,610	$40,310 – $86,990	100
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,930	$47,760 – $95,250	130
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	60
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,880	$40,260 – $85,090	970
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,690	$42,390 – $81,040	270
6	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,490	$44,910 – $72,650	40
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,240	$37,430 – $61,460	100
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$35,610 – $63,260	40
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,770	$31,010 – $56,220	100
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$32,210 – $68,740	70
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$32,210 – $57,960	150
12	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$29,850 – $62,900	170
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,400	$29,490 – $58,700	900
14	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,880	$29,690 – $57,710	60
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,550	$28,750 – $56,670	2,330
16	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,260	$30,810 – $72,130	80
17	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,500	$38,480 – $47,130	40
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$40,430	$31,590 – $59,530	40
19	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,360	$30,190 – $54,170	390
20	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,190	$31,930 – $56,160	70
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$30,320 – $52,930	860
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,150	$30,630 – $45,600	300
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$29,160 – $50,900	660
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,990	$30,750 – $40,280	60
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,670	$31,060 – $45,710	170
26	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,210	$27,850 – $44,910	40
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,690	$20,960 – $47,420	770
28	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,630	$22,020 – $39,000	510
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,280	$22,570 – $35,990	50
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,350	$23,540 – $33,640	210

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