150+ Admin & Office Support Jobs in Charlotte, NC

The clearest local pay anchor is the BLS estimate of about $24.17 an hour for office and administrative support in Charlotte, equivalent to approximately $50,000 a year in the latest May 2025 metro wage release. Recent posted salaries are directionally consistent but wider: local postings center on about $50k to $65k annually, while hourly roles center on about $15 to $18 an hour. A separate state-level proxy from Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered pay on new North Carolina openings at about $47,686 in August 2026 (n=2,288), which should be read as a postings-based mean, not a Charlotte median.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 57 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $39,520 at the 25th percentile, $44,720 at the median and $62,660 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Charlotte is still a real market for Administrative & Office Support, not a dead one. Office and administrative support makes up about 10.8% of local employment, the metro unemployment rate was 3.7% in July 2026, and local mean pay was about $24.17 an hour in the latest metro wage release. But it is a harder market than the headline size suggests: statewide signals from Revelio Public Labor Statistics show Administrative & Office Support postings down 15.1% year over year while employment is essentially flat, which points to fewer fresh openings and more replacement hiring. Local posting activity still showed more than 550 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, but most openings were on-site and entry-level, so candidates need tight targeting rather than broad spray-and-pray applying.

Best positioned: The best odds right now go to candidates who can work on-site and show a mix of customer service, data entry, Microsoft Office, and general administrative support for retail, service, and business-office employers.

Main caution: Do not assume this is a hybrid-friendly office market; about 90% of local postings were on-site and only about 5% were remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 161 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. cmsk12.org: 4 open roles
2. Compass Group: 4 open roles
3. Dentistry of the Carolinas: 4 open roles
4. Hallbartsamhallsbyggande: 4 open roles
5. Schaeffler AG: 4 open roles
6. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools: 3 open roles
7. LifeStance Health Inc.: 3 open roles
8. Truist Financial Corporation: 3 open roles
9. Barings LLC: 2 open roles
10. Central Piedmont Community College: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Charlotte: 91
• Rock Hill: 10
• Concord: 10
• Mooresville: 8
• Gastonia: 7
• Matthews: 5
• Monroe: 5
• Huntersville: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 142 (92%), hybrid 11 (7%), remote 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail, not one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 550 postings across more than 200 companies in Charlotte, and the hiring sample is fragmented even though Circle K and Circle K Corporation stand out as the most active named employers. The biggest pocket of demand is service-side admin work. In the local posting mix, retail accounts for about 50% of openings, followed by healthcare at about 15%, restaurants about 10%, hospitality about 10%, and education about 5%. The skill mix matches that reality: cashiering appears in about 25% of postings, customer service and inventory management in about 15% each, and data entry, Microsoft Office, and general computer skills in about 10% each. The better-paying pocket is narrower: executive assistant, office manager, and coordinator work tied to business-services employers and newer HQ operations. Charlotte's Professional and Business Services sector employed 225.2 thousand people in June 2026 and was up 1.8083% year over year, while Scout Motors, Capital Group, and Maersk have all announced Charlotte expansions totaling 1,200, 600, and 520 jobs respectively. Hybrid exists, but it is limited locally and shows up more often in higher-level assistant roles than in front-desk jobs.

• Retail and service-front admin (high): This is the highest-volume segment locally. Retail alone makes up about 50% of the posting mix, and the most common requested skills include cashiering, customer service, inventory management, and data entry.
• Business services and headquarters support (moderate): This is the narrower but more attractive pay segment, anchored by Charlotte's large Professional and Business Services base and recent HQ-style expansion announcements.
• Hospitality and education front office (moderate): Hospitality, restaurants, and education together account for a meaningful share of local openings, especially for reception, front desk, and general office coordination work.

Where to focus: Run two searches in parallel: high-volume on-site admin and front-desk roles for speed, and a narrower executive-assistant or office-manager search for pay upside.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient Access Representative: It uses the same scheduling, front-desk, customer service, and data-entry base that shows up repeatedly in local admin postings, but it sits in healthcare support administration rather than this category.
• Accounts Payable Specialist: It is a logical move for candidates who already have strong data-entry, computer, and process-discipline skills from office support work.
• Recruiting Coordinator: This path builds on scheduling, stakeholder communication, documentation, and the broader shift toward more strategic coordination work in administrative careers.
• Project Coordinator: It fits admins who are already moving beyond routine support into meeting management, follow-up, status tracking, and business-facing coordination.

What postings ask for

• Microsoft Office and general computer skills (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Office and general computer skills each show up in about 10% of local postings, making them baseline screens rather than true differentiators. Who: Everyone applying to general admin, receptionist, office clerk, or coordinator roles.
• Data entry accuracy (table_stakes | immediate): Data entry appears in about 10% of local postings and is one of the cleaner cross-role requirements in this market. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone coming from retail or service work.
• Customer service and front-desk communication (differentiator | immediate): Customer service appears in about 15% of local postings, and the local industry mix skews heavily toward retail, hospitality, restaurants, and other service-facing employers. Who: Candidates targeting receptionist, front desk, or service-admin roles.
• Cashiering, inventory management, and retail operations (differentiator | immediate): These skills matter more in Charlotte than many job seekers expect because retail is about 50% of the local posting mix, cashiering shows up in about 25% of postings, and inventory management and retail operations appear in about 10% to 15%. Who: Career switchers from stores, restaurants, hospitality, and service counters.
• AI-assisted productivity tools (premium | near-term): Administrative work is shifting toward higher-value coordination as routine tasks are automated, and recommended tools now include ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Notion AI. Who: Mid-career admins, executive-assistant candidates, and anyone trying to move above generic front-desk work.
• Analytical skills, prompt engineering, and business acumen (premium | near-term): Emerging admin skills now include digital literacy, analytical skills, prompt engineering, strategic mindset, and AI-assisted productivity, which matter most in higher-responsibility support roles. Who: Candidates aiming for office manager, coordinator, or executive-support work.

Questions about this market

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

The clearest local pay anchor is the BLS estimate of about $24.17 an hour for office and administrative support in Charlotte, equivalent to approximately $50,000 a year in the latest May 2025 metro wage release. Recent posted salaries are directionally consistent but wider: local postings center on about $50k to $65k annually, while hourly roles center on about $15 to $18 an hour. A separate state-level proxy from Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered pay on new North Carolina openings at about $47,686 in August 2026 (n=2,288), which should be read as a postings-based mean, not a Charlotte median. Charlotte looks a little better than the national admin baseline. The metro mean of about $24.17 an hour sits above the national median of about $20 for the broader office support group, and Charlotte's cost of living index was recorded at 95.7, or about 4.3% below the national benchmark of 100.

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

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail, not one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 550 postings across more than 200 companies in Charlotte, and the hiring sample is fragmented even though Circle K and Circle K Corporation stand out as the most active named employers. The biggest pocket of demand is service-side admin work. In the local posting mix, retail accounts for about 50% of openings, followed by healthcare at about 15%, restaurants about 10%, hospitality about 10%, and education about 5%. The skill mix matches that reality: cashiering appears in about 25% of postings, customer service and inventory management in about 15% each, and data entry, Microsoft Office, and general computer skills in about 10% each. The better-paying pocket is narrower: executive assistant, office manager, and coordinator work tied to business-services employers and newer HQ operations. Charlotte's Professional and Business Services sector employed 225.2 thousand people in June 2026 and was up 1.8083% year over year, while Scout Motors, Capital Group, and Maersk have all announced Charlotte expansions totaling 1,200, 600, and 520 jobs respectively. Hybrid exists, but it is limited locally and shows up more often in higher-level assistant roles than in front-desk jobs.

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 (100 postings), Circle K Corporation (40 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 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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