Administrative Jobs in Charlotte, NC

Government wage data for the Charlotte metro put office and administrative support at $24.17 per hour on average in May 2025, with a $47,210 median annual wage, $38,640 at the 25th percentile, and $58,590 at the 75th percentile. More recent local posting data centers salaried openings around about $50k to $65k and hourly openings around about $16 to $19 / hour, which should be read as directional rather than as marketwide averages.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 57 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $35,214 at the 25th percentile, $41,600 at the median and $62,660 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

Charlotte is still a workable market for Administrative & Office Support, but it is not an easy one. The metro unemployment rate was 3.7% in August 2026, metro nonfarm employment was up 1.5427% year over year, and Professional and Business Services employment was up 3.5088%, which supports ongoing office demand in the broader economy. But North Carolina Administrative & Office Support postings were down 14.5% year over year while statewide employment in the occupation was essentially flat, so openings exist without much category-wide expansion. In the local posting sample, there were more than 600 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, yet about 75% were entry-level and about 95% were on-site.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent customer-facing coordination experience, solid Microsoft Office skills, and willingness to work on-site have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating this like a remote executive-assistant market; local openings skew entry-level, retail-and-restaurant adjacent, and in-person.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 116 openings in this market. 8 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools: 5 open roles
2. Piedmont HealthCare, PA: 4 open roles
3. Compass Group: 3 open roles
4. Docs, Llc: 3 open roles
5. H & R Block, Inc.: 3 open roles
6. Aspen Dental: 2 open roles
7. Kintegra: 2 open roles
8. YWCA Central Carolinas: 2 open roles
9. Advocate Health: 1 open role
10. Aecon Group: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Charlotte: 74
• Mooresville: 6
• Kannapolis: 5
• Pineville: 4
• Huntersville: 4
• Matthews: 3
• Monroe: 3
• Gastonia: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 104 (93%), hybrid 7 (6%), remote 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

Most visible openings are not classic C-suite assistant jobs. In the local posting mix, retail accounts for about 45% of activity and restaurants about 20%, with convenience stores, hospitality, and healthcare each around about 5%. That means a large share of demand is really for customer-facing coordinators, front-desk staff, store-support admins, and office clerks working close to operations rather than purely back-office executive support. A second pocket sits in corporate and business-office settings. Charlotte Professional and Business Services employment was 230.1 thousand in August 2026, up 3.5088% year over year, and Daimler Truck Financial Services opened a Ballantyne headquarters with 276 jobs while consolidating administration, HR, and financial operations there. Those roles are fewer than frontline admin openings, but they are the better lane if you want steadier advancement and less dependence on cashiering or sales-adjacent skills. Skill signals reinforce the split market. The most-requested hard skills in the local sample were cashiering, inventory management, customer service, sales, computer skills, Microsoft Office, and point-of-sale systems. So the practical move is to pick a lane early—frontline service-admin or business-office coordination—and tailor your resume to that lane instead of sending the same document everywhere.

• Retail and multi-site store support (high): The biggest visible pool sits in retail-linked admin work, where customer service, cashiering, inventory, and store-support tasks matter as much as classic office skills.
• Restaurant and franchise coordination (moderate): Restaurant-related employers are a meaningful slice of the local mix, which favors candidates comfortable with scheduling, fast pace, and customer-facing problem solving.
• Corporate office and professional services support (moderate): This is the cleaner long-term path, supported by metro Professional and Business Services growth and recent corporate-office expansion tied to administrative functions.
• Remote-first admin work (limited): Remote options are scarce in the current local sample, at about 5% of postings.

Where to focus: Start with on-site customer-facing admin and coordinator roles if you need speed, then selectively pursue corporate-office openings where Microsoft Office, reporting, and executive support matter more than cashiering.

Roles worth searching next

• Medical front-office coordinator / medical secretary: It uses the same core strengths—phones, scheduling, documentation, and customer handling—and medical secretaries and administrative assistants are projected to grow 4.2% nationally over 2024-2034.
• HR coordinator / recruiting coordinator: Corporate-office expansions can house administration and HR in the same local footprint, as shown by Daimler's Charlotte consolidation of administration, HR, and financial operations.
• Accounts receivable or payroll support clerk: If your current background includes spreadsheets, office controls, reconciliations, or vendor paperwork, this is a logical move out of general admin into finance support.
• Operations coordinator / inventory control clerk: Inventory management and retail operations show up frequently in local admin postings, so the skill overlap is real.

What postings ask for

• Microsoft Office (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Office appears in about 10% of local postings, which makes it a baseline screen rather than a premium differentiator. Who: Everyone applying to office assistant, coordinator, receptionist, and office manager roles.
• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): Customer service shows up in about 15% of local postings, and the local market leans toward customer-facing employers rather than pure back-office offices. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers from retail, banking, hospitality, or call-center work.
• Point-of-sale systems (differentiator | immediate): Point-of-sale systems appear in about 10% of postings, which matters because retail, restaurants, and convenience stores make up most of the visible demand. Who: Candidates targeting store-support, front desk, or franchise-office roles.
• Inventory management and retail operations (differentiator | immediate): Inventory management shows up in about 15% of postings and retail operations in about 10%, a sign that many local 'admin' jobs sit close to store or field operations. Who: People coming from retail, hospitality, or branch environments who want to stand out from generic office applicants.
• General computer skills (table_stakes | immediate): General computer skills appear in about 10% of local postings, which means employers still expect proof of everyday digital fluency even in entry-level roles. Who: Entry-level applicants, returners to work, and career switchers.
• Office administration coursework or certificate (differentiator | near-term): Central Piedmont listed at least three October information sessions for office-administration pathways, so short local training is unusually accessible right now. Who: Career switchers and candidates whose office experience is dated or informal.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

Government wage data for the Charlotte metro put office and administrative support at $24.17 per hour on average in May 2025, with a $47,210 median annual wage, $38,640 at the 25th percentile, and $58,590 at the 75th percentile. More recent local posting data centers salaried openings around about $50k to $65k and hourly openings around about $16 to $19 / hour, which should be read as directional rather than as marketwide averages. Charlotte's 2025 hourly mean was $0.62 per hour below the U.S. mean for this occupation, and the local annual median sat close to the national median of $47,450. That points to a market where pay is serviceable, but not unusually rich relative to national norms.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC concentrated?

Most visible openings are not classic C-suite assistant jobs. In the local posting mix, retail accounts for about 45% of activity and restaurants about 20%, with convenience stores, hospitality, and healthcare each around about 5%. That means a large share of demand is really for customer-facing coordinators, front-desk staff, store-support admins, and office clerks working close to operations rather than purely back-office executive support. A second pocket sits in corporate and business-office settings. Charlotte Professional and Business Services employment was 230.1 thousand in August 2026, up 3.5088% year over year, and Daimler Truck Financial Services opened a Ballantyne headquarters with 276 jobs while consolidating administration, HR, and financial operations there. Those roles are fewer than frontline admin openings, but they are the better lane if you want steadier advancement and less dependence on cashiering or sales-adjacent skills. Skill signals reinforce the split market. The most-requested hard skills in the local sample were cashiering, inventory management, customer service, sales, computer skills, Microsoft Office, and point-of-sale systems. So the practical move is to pick a lane early—frontline service-admin or business-office coordination—and tailor your resume to that lane instead of sending the same document everywhere.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Circle K (125 postings), Domino's Inc. (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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