500+ Admin & Office Support Jobs in Chicago, IL

The strongest observed local benchmark is the BLS mean hourly wage for office and administrative support workers in Chicago: $25.82 in May 2025, up from $25.21 in May 2024. That is slightly above the U.S. mean for the occupational group, but still well below Chicago's all-occupations average hourly wage of $35.28. Proxy role-level pay shows a wide spread: administrative assistants are around a $50,440 median, office managers around a $71,730 median, and executive assistants around a $77,770 median in the metro. Recent posted salaries in the local sample center on about $58k to $74k for salaried roles, while hourly-paid postings center on about $18 to $20 an hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 411 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $42,640 at the 25th percentile, $52,000 at the median and $71,760 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 8, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Chicago is still a very large office-support market: office and administrative support accounts for 10.8% of metro employment, and the recent posting sample shows more than 1,200 openings across more than 650 companies over the last 90 days. But it is not an easy market right now. Metro unemployment was 4.9% in July and had risen to 5.3% over the year ended June 2026, while Illinois administrative and office support postings were down 13.1% year over year according to Revelio Public Labor Statistics. For most job seekers, this looks like a market with real openings but slower decision-making, more applicant competition, and a strong preference for candidates who can work on-site and show software-heavy admin skills.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent on-site administrative experience, strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills, solid customer-service and data-entry accuracy, and a willingness to target healthcare, retail, hospitality, real estate, or executive-support roles have the best odds.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming this is a remote-friendly category: about 85% of sampled postings are on-site, about 10% are hybrid, and only about 5% are remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 514 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Endeavor Health: 11 open roles
2. Penn State: 10 open roles
3. Legacy Healthcare LLC: 6 open roles
4. Rush University Medical Center: 6 open roles
5. AbbVie Inc.: 5 open roles
6. City of Chicago: 5 open roles
7. Edward Elmhurst Health: 5 open roles
8. Mission Pet Health: 5 open roles
9. University of Chicago Medicine: 5 open roles
10. Beacon Hill Solutions Group: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Chicago: 223
• Northbrook: 12
• Naperville: 10
• Arlington Heights: 10
• Northfield: 10
• Skokie: 9
• University Park: 8
• Schaumburg: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 413 (84%), hybrid 72 (15%), remote 4 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunities are spread across a wide employer base rather than dominated by one or two firms. The recent sample shows more than 1,200 postings across more than 650 companies, and hiring is described as fragmented across employers. That is useful for job seekers because it means the market is broad, but it also means you usually need multiple resume versions for different business settings rather than one generic admin application. Industry concentration matters more than employer concentration here. The most-active posting clusters are in healthcare at about 25%, retail at about 20%, hospitality at about 15%, restaurants at about 10%, and hospitals and health care at about 10%. Recent named openings also point to business-support demand in real estate, commercial real estate, renewable energy, and office management: Baird & Warner posted an Administrative Assistant role, Beacon Hill marketed an Executive Assistant & Office Manager role for a renewable energy company and a Staff Assistant/Admin role for a large commercial real estate firm, and Silver Star Protection Group had an Office Manager posting active in late August. The practical pattern is this: the broadest access is in service-heavy admin work, while the best pay sits in narrower executive-support and office-operations roles. If you can present both customer-facing polish and back-office execution, you open more of the market than candidates who lean only one way.

• Healthcare and hospital office support (high): Nonclinical front-office, scheduling, coordinator, and general administrative work appears to be one of the largest demand pockets, with healthcare-related employers representing about a quarter of sampled postings.
• Retail, hospitality, and restaurant office operations (moderate): These employers account for a large share of openings and often value customer service, cash handling, and fast-paced coordination alongside core office skills.
• Executive support and office management in business services (moderate): Smaller but better-paying opportunities are showing up in real estate, commercial real estate, renewable energy, and office-management settings.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site roles where your admin skills match the business context: healthcare office support if you want volume, or executive support and office operations if you already have stronger experience.

Roles worth searching next

• Healthcare support administration: Healthcare is one of the largest demand pockets in the metro sample, so patient-facing scheduling, intake, and nonclinical office support can be a realistic pivot for admin candidates.
• HR coordinator or recruiting coordinator: Calendar management, candidate communication, data entry, and Office-suite work transfer well from administrative support into people-operations support.
• Operations coordinator: The local admin market overlaps with inventory management, cash handling, customer service, and office operations, which makes operations support a natural bridge role.
• Finance and accounting support: Excel, documentation accuracy, and workflow discipline transfer well into AP, AR, payroll-support, or billing-adjacent office roles.
• Proposal or bid coordinator: Chicago networking activity around proposal and coordination talent suggests a live niche for highly organized administrative workers who can support deadlines, documents, and internal coordination.

What postings ask for

• Microsoft Office (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Office shows up in about 15% of sampled postings and is one of the clearest baseline filters in this market. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates whose experience needs to look immediately office-ready.
• Excel (differentiator | immediate): Excel and Microsoft Excel appear in about 10% of sampled postings, and spreadsheet comfort is one of the easiest ways to separate yourself from generic admin applicants. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone targeting coordinator or office-operations roles.
• Data entry accuracy (table_stakes | immediate): Data entry appears in about 15% of sampled postings, and local salary guidance also highlights basic data handling as a pay differentiator for administrative assistants. Who: Candidates coming from retail, hospitality, customer support, or clerical backgrounds.
• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): Customer service appears in about 15% of sampled postings, which fits the strong demand coming from healthcare, retail, hospitality, and restaurant employers. Who: Career switchers and entry-level applicants, especially for front-desk and service-heavy office roles.
• Scheduling and calendar coordination (differentiator | immediate): Chicago salary guidance specifically points to scheduling tools and modern office productivity software as factors that differentiate pay inside administrative assistant roles. Who: Mid-career applicants and anyone aiming for executive assistant or leadership-support work.
• Tech adaptability and AI-enabled workflow support (premium | near-term): Administrative workers who combine interpersonal skill with tech adaptability are being rewarded more, and 83% of leaders surveyed said they are willing to offer higher pay for specialized or tech-enabled skills. Who: Mid-career candidates trying to move above generic admin pay bands.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

The strongest observed local benchmark is the BLS mean hourly wage for office and administrative support workers in Chicago: $25.82 in May 2025, up from $25.21 in May 2024. That is slightly above the U.S. mean for the occupational group, but still well below Chicago's all-occupations average hourly wage of $35.28. Proxy role-level pay shows a wide spread: administrative assistants are around a $50,440 median, office managers around a $71,730 median, and executive assistants around a $77,770 median in the metro. Recent posted salaries in the local sample center on about $58k to $74k for salaried roles, while hourly-paid postings center on about $18 to $20 an hour. This is decent pay for support work, but not premium Chicago pay unless you move into executive support, office management, or supervisory office tracks. The market rewards scope more than title alone.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN concentrated?

Real opportunities are spread across a wide employer base rather than dominated by one or two firms. The recent sample shows more than 1,200 postings across more than 650 companies, and hiring is described as fragmented across employers. That is useful for job seekers because it means the market is broad, but it also means you usually need multiple resume versions for different business settings rather than one generic admin application. Industry concentration matters more than employer concentration here. The most-active posting clusters are in healthcare at about 25%, retail at about 20%, hospitality at about 15%, restaurants at about 10%, and hospitals and health care at about 10%. Recent named openings also point to business-support demand in real estate, commercial real estate, renewable energy, and office management: Baird & Warner posted an Administrative Assistant role, Beacon Hill marketed an Executive Assistant & Office Manager role for a renewable energy company and a Staff Assistant/Admin role for a large commercial real estate firm, and Silver Star Protection Group had an Office Manager posting active in late August. The practical pattern is this: the broadest access is in service-heavy admin work, while the best pay sits in narrower executive-support and office-operations roles. If you can present both customer-facing polish and back-office execution, you open more of the market than candidates who lean only one way.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dominos (50 postings), Circle K Corporation (40 postings), U-Haul (30 postings), Circle K (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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