Highest-paying Cities for Other Office and Administrative Support Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other office and administrative support workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other office and administrative support workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $62,400, Yuba City, California is the highest paying city for other office and administrative support workers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $59,270). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other office and administrative support workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Office and Administrative Support Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Yuba City, California	$62,400	$34,530	110
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$59,270	$37,020	1,640
3	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$56,770	$40,240	50
4	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$56,720	$45,570	1,010
5	Jackson, Michigan	$56,720	$43,530	40
6	Carson City, Nevada	$55,390	$24,520	190
7	Utica-Rome, New York	$53,070	$42,840	40
8	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$52,980	$36,980	80
9	Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$52,660	$18,770	n/a
10	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$52,580	$41,770	120
11	Framingham, Massachusetts	$52,480	$31,550	280
12	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$51,880	$30,670	40
13	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$51,870	$34,370	120
14	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$51,140	$30,870	230
15	El Centro, California	$51,130	$31,900	80
16	Decatur, Alabama	$50,910	$33,490	30
17	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$50,590	$28,920	30
18	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$50,420	$28,110	190
19	Bismarck, North Dakota	$50,360	$33,660	260
20	Longview, Washington	$49,860	$40,520	40
21	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$49,810	$23,040	140
22	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$49,380	$36,020	140
23	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$49,250	$34,320	210
24	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$49,180	$33,480	120
25	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,920	$26,410	1,740
26	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,890	$31,520	2,580
27	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$48,640	$33,360	260
28	Wausau, Wisconsin	$48,590	$32,710	60
29	Napa, California	$48,500	$36,190	50
30	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$48,300	$37,640	80
31	Rochester, New York	$48,220	$31,340	100
32	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$48,220	$48,220	50
33	Syracuse, New York	$48,180	$29,980	250
34	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$48,180	$32,570	110
35	Midland, Texas	$47,830	$19,840	60
36	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$47,810	$30,000	190
37	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$47,790	$27,040	70
38	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$47,570	$26,200	240
39	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$47,560	$31,640	640
40	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$47,500	$29,320	110
41	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$47,480	$33,490	230
42	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$47,470	$36,110	50
43	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$47,420	$22,250	110
44	Anchorage, Alaska	$47,380	$22,620	410
45	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$47,330	$30,670	390
46	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$47,190	$31,090	190
47	Jackson, Mississippi	$47,120	$29,970	70
48	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$47,100	$30,600	140
49	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$47,050	$34,860	220
50	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$47,010	$30,690	250
51	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$46,980	$31,270	780
52	Yuma, Arizona	$46,970	$28,420	40
53	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$46,970	$20,110	240
54	Topeka, Kansas	$46,960	$37,700	40
55	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$46,950	$32,050	250
56	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$46,950	$35,030	50
57	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$46,950	$30,660	60
58	Battle Creek, Michigan	$46,950	$36,110	50
59	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$46,710	$32,610	170
60	Fargo, North Dakota	$46,700	$31,800	440
61	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$46,630	$23,680	30
62	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$46,450	$33,590	170
63	Columbia, Missouri	$46,410	$28,060	180
64	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$46,340	$28,500	30
65	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,300	$35,920	2,080
66	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$46,260	$29,560	380
67	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$46,220	$19,450	1,190
68	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$46,040	$33,890	3,510
69	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$46,020	$36,930	30
70	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$45,950	$35,480	610
71	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$45,900	$30,870	1,470
72	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$45,810	$36,360	260
73	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$45,810	$28,130	110
74	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$45,770	$37,320	50
75	Columbia, South Carolina	$45,740	$36,110	110
76	Olympia, Washington	$45,730	$30,760	70
77	Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$45,710	$25,190	50
78	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$45,670	$24,970	40
79	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$45,610	$29,440	40
80	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$45,590	$30,770	130
81	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$45,550	$28,120	40
82	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$45,510	$31,690	180
83	Walla Walla, Washington	$45,370	$30,520	60
84	Mobile, Alabama	$45,280	$31,600	30
85	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$45,140	$36,420	30
86	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$45,120	$32,400	670
87	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$45,010	$31,870	110
88	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$44,990	$31,620	5,400
89	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$44,950	$23,120	100
90	Wheeling, West Virginia	$44,850	$30,700	50
91	Kansas City, Missouri	$44,840	$29,880	380
92	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$44,810	$31,200	30
93	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$44,800	$30,350	970
94	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$44,720	$31,860	60
95	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$44,720	$33,220	190
96	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$44,720	$33,050	80
97	Danville, Illinois	$44,720	$31,930	50
98	Madison, Wisconsin	$44,700	$31,590	510
99	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$44,690	$28,180	30
100	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$44,520	$33,280	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other office and administrative support workers.