Administrative Jobs in Austin, TX

The clearest local wage anchor is government data: Austin's broad office and administrative support group had a $47,770 median annual wage, a $52,420 mean, and a $38,860 to $61,270 middle band in 2025 data. Recent local posting data points higher for a subset of open roles, with salaried postings centered on about $60k to $65k and hourly postings centered on about $17 to $20 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 96 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $41,600 at the 25th percentile, $48,190 at the median and $63,895 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Austin is still a viable market for administrative and office support, but it is not an easy one. Office and administrative support remains one of the metro's largest occupation groups, with 159,340 workers in 2025, representing 12.3% of local employment, and the recent local sample still showed more than 500 postings across more than 250 companies. But Texas-wide signals for this occupation are softer: administrative and office support employment was down 0.7% year over year in September 2026, active postings were down 18.6%, and Austin's overall unemployment rate was 3.9% in August 2026.

Best positioned: You have the best odds if you can work on-site and show recent evidence of data entry, customer service, Microsoft Office, and calendar management, ideally in a customer-facing or coordinator setting.

Main caution: Don't assume Austin's white-collar economy translates into plentiful remote admin jobs; about 90% of local postings were on-site and only about 5% were remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 176 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. OrthoLoneStar: 6 open roles
2. Mission Pet Health: 5 open roles
3. Brookdale Senior Living: 4 open roles
4. Leander ISD: 4 open roles
5. Swish Smiles: 4 open roles
6. Texas Department of Criminal Justice: 4 open roles
7. ABM: 3 open roles
8. Uthealthcomm: 3 open roles
9. ACL Digital: 2 open roles
10. American Nuclear Society: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Austin: 140
• Round Rock: 14
• Cedar Park: 7
• Leander: 3
• Kyle: 2
• West Lake Hills: 2
• Lakeway: 1
• Hutto: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 161 (93%), hybrid 12 (7%), remote 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity in Austin is spread across many employers rather than locked inside a few marquee firms. The recent local sample found more than 500 postings across more than 250 companies, and the employer mix was described as fragmented. That means broad search coverage matters more than waiting for one brand-name company to post the perfect role. The heaviest local demand shows up in customer-facing and operations-adjacent office settings. Restaurants accounted for about 25% of sampled postings, hospitality about 20%, retail about 15%, and hospitals and health care together about 25%. In practice, that means front desk, scheduling, office coordination, and service-oriented admin roles are more visible than remote executive-assistant jobs. Specialized medical records or billing work is a neighboring track, not this one. The work format is also concentrated: about 90% of openings were on-site, about 5% hybrid, and about 5% remote, while about 70% skewed entry level. So the market is real, but it is concentrated in in-person, lower-to-mid seniority jobs.

• Customer-facing office support (high): Front desk, receptionist, and service-admin roles are most visible in restaurants, hospitality, and retail, which together make up about 60% of the sampled industry mix.
• Business-services coordination (moderate): Coordinator and executive-support roles inside business services are fewer but attractive because Austin professional and business services employment was up 1.9587% year over year and these jobs reward Excel, reporting, and scheduling skill.
• Public-sector administration (moderate): City and public-agency channels are worth monitoring because the City of Austin used a September hiring fair with interviews and possible same-day contingent offers for selected roles.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site coordinator and front-office roles where you can show Microsoft Office, customer service, and scheduling skill from day one.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient access representative / medical front office: Hospitals and health care make up about a quarter of the sampled local industry mix, so healthcare front-desk and scheduling work can be a practical next step if you can learn EMR and insurance workflows.
• Accounts payable or payroll clerk: If your strengths are accuracy, spreadsheets, and routine processing, finance-office work is a close neighbor.
• HR coordinator / recruiting coordinator: Calendar management, documentation, and communication skills transfer well from office support work.
• Operations coordinator / inventory control clerk: Local postings frequently mention inventory management, making operations-support roles a sensible pivot for admin candidates with retail or hospitality backgrounds.

What postings ask for

• Microsoft Office (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 15% of local postings and functions as a baseline screen for general office work. Who: Everyone entering or re-entering the field.
• Data entry (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 15% of local postings and signals speed plus accuracy for clerical and support work. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers.
• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): It also appears in about 15% of local postings, which fits Austin's heavy mix of front-desk and service-oriented admin roles. Who: Anyone targeting receptionist, front desk, or service-admin openings.
• Microsoft Excel (differentiator | near-term): It shows up less often than broad Microsoft Office, which is exactly why it helps separate coordinator and reporting-heavy candidates from generic applicants. Who: Mid-career candidates and switchers aiming above pure front-desk work.
• Calendar management (differentiator | near-term): It appears in about 5% of local postings, but it is closely tied to higher-trust assistant and coordinator work. Who: People targeting executive assistant or office manager paths.
• Computer literacy and fast system switching (premium | near-term): Computer literacy appears in about 10% of local postings, and employers nationally say software proficiency is hard to find and often worth higher pay. Who: Candidates competing for higher-end coordinator or cross-functional support roles.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

The clearest local wage anchor is government data: Austin's broad office and administrative support group had a $47,770 median annual wage, a $52,420 mean, and a $38,860 to $61,270 middle band in 2025 data. Recent local posting data points higher for a subset of open roles, with salaried postings centered on about $60k to $65k and hourly postings centered on about $17 to $20 / hour. Austin can pay reasonably well for admin work, but the better numbers usually show up in coordinator, office-manager, and executive-support openings rather than the most accessible front-desk jobs.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity in Austin is spread across many employers rather than locked inside a few marquee firms. The recent local sample found more than 500 postings across more than 250 companies, and the employer mix was described as fragmented. That means broad search coverage matters more than waiting for one brand-name company to post the perfect role. The heaviest local demand shows up in customer-facing and operations-adjacent office settings. Restaurants accounted for about 25% of sampled postings, hospitality about 20%, retail about 15%, and hospitals and health care together about 25%. In practice, that means front desk, scheduling, office coordination, and service-oriented admin roles are more visible than remote executive-assistant jobs. Specialized medical records or billing work is a neighboring track, not this one. The work format is also concentrated: about 90% of openings were on-site, about 5% hybrid, and about 5% remote, while about 70% skewed entry level. So the market is real, but it is concentrated in in-person, lower-to-mid seniority jobs.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Domino's Inc. (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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