High paying office and admin jobs in Wilmington, NC

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wilmington, 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 Wilmington, NC run 3.6% below the national average (2024), so a Wilmington, NC salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Wilmington, NC · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$62,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $90,100340
2Postal Service Clerks$61,570
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,030100
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $92,0601,250
4Loan Interviewers and Clerks$58,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,260 – $74,980210
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040580
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$52,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,710 – $57,160120
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $73,480130
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$51,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,440 – $74,780220
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$49,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $73,970370
10Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$47,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $61,860200
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,420
Associate's degree
$33,860 – $59,80060
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $61,740240
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,730
Some college, no degree
$31,660 – $62,8202,300
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,290 – $60,3202,070
15Order Clerks$44,880
Some college, no degree
$36,610 – $56,580110
16Bill and Account Collectors$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,120 – $56,400130
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $65,99070
18Billing and Posting Clerks$44,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $58,240240
19Tellers$40,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $48,730230
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $50,3302,700
21Cargo and Freight Agents$39,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $64,010200
22Data Entry Keyers$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,190 – $49,820110
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,130 – $64,050550
24Office Clerks, General$39,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $58,5302,720
25File Clerks$39,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,890 – $55,96060
26Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$38,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,180 – $77,880120
27Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,210 – $48,56080
28Customer Service Representatives$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,400 – $56,4702,850
29Library Assistants, Clerical$37,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $38,41060
30Couriers and Messengers$37,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,660 – $47,800110
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,080 – $44,9601,210
32Information and Record Clerks, All Other$29,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,740 – $58,270160
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,960 – $36,100370

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

#	Occupation	MedianWilmington, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,930	$43,920 – $90,100	340
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$54,330 – $75,030	100
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,430	$43,920 – $92,060	1,250
4	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,860	$43,260 – $74,980	210
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	580
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,770	$41,710 – $57,160	120
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,480	$37,280 – $73,480	130
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,140	$40,440 – $74,780	220
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,370	$36,510 – $73,970	370
10	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,550	$35,100 – $61,860	200
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,420	$33,860 – $59,800	60
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$30,670 – $61,740	240
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,730	$31,660 – $62,820	2,300
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$32,290 – $60,320	2,070
15	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,880	$36,610 – $56,580	110
16	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$31,120 – $56,400	130
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$36,680 – $65,990	70
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,310	$31,990 – $58,240	240
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,740	$33,860 – $48,730	230
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,040	$36,200 – $50,330	2,700
21	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,790	$39,790 – $64,010	200
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$31,190 – $49,820	110
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,630	$30,130 – $64,050	550
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,380	$22,570 – $58,530	2,720
25	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,290	$29,890 – $55,960	60
26	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,150	$27,180 – $77,880	120
27	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,150	$30,210 – $48,560	80
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$29,400 – $56,470	2,850
29	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,500	$35,620 – $38,410	60
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,330	$28,660 – $47,800	110
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,260	$22,080 – $44,960	1,210
32	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,740	$29,740 – $58,270	160
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,520	$22,960 – $36,100	370

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