Administrative Jobs in Detroit, MI

Government wage data shows a $47,280 local annual median and $50,920 local annual mean for office and administrative support occupations in 2025, with the 25th percentile at $39,080 and the 75th percentile at $59,180. Local posting ranges are directionally similar: posted salaries center on about $48k to $58k, while hourly postings center on about $15 to $19 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 70 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $38,480 at the 25th percentile, $44,720 at the median and $63,595 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

Detroit is a competitive, not broken, market for administrative and office support. The metro still has a very large base of 208,230 office and administrative support jobs, equal to 10.9% of area employment, but August unemployment was 5.7% and up 21.2766% year over year while overall metro employment fell -1.5557%. Short-run demand exists—more than 450 recent postings across more than 250 companies were observed locally—but Michigan postings for this occupation are down 12.1% year over year and Detroit professional and business services employment is down -0.9646%, which means more competition per opening.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent on-site admin experience, fast data entry, strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills, and customer-service-heavy backgrounds have the best odds, especially with healthcare, retail, fitness, and insurance employers.

Main caution: The biggest misconception is that a generic clerical resume is enough; BLS projects secretaries and administrative assistants to decline by 2 percent nationally from 2025 to 2035, so employers can be picky about fit.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 157 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. IHA Inc: 8 open roles
2. Trinity Health MI: 8 open roles
3. Aspen Dental: 5 open roles
4. Miller Johnson Law Firm: 4 open roles
5. Trinity Health Corp.: 4 open roles
6. Together Women's Health: 3 open roles
7. Wayne State University: 3 open roles
8. Bwpcanton: 2 open roles
9. Docs, Llc: 2 open roles
10. Eccalon: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Detroit: 26
• Farmington Hills: 15
• Livonia: 10
• Windsor: 8
• Rochester Hills: 7
• Plymouth: 6
• Southfield: 6
• Troy: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 147 (94%), hybrid 9 (6%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than one dominant brand. In the recent local posting sample, hiring was fragmented across employers, and the most-active industries were wellness and fitness services, healthcare, retail, hospitals and health care, and insurance. Among named employers, Epicfitnessgroup, Planet Fitness, Inc., and Fifth Third Bank were among the most consistently active. That mix favors customer-facing, on-site admin work over purely back-office remote work. The common skill bundle is customer service, data entry, Microsoft Office, phone etiquette, and Excel, and about 95% of postings were on-site. The installed base is large enough to matter too: Detroit had 34,570 general office clerks, 16,970 non-executive secretaries and administrative assistants, 11,100 receptionists, and 3,670 executive assistants in May 2025.

• Customer-facing front desk and intake work (high): Best local fit for entry candidates because the top posting industries include wellness and fitness services, healthcare, retail, and hospitals, and the skill mix centers on customer service, data entry, and phone etiquette.
• General office clerk and administrative assistant roles (moderate): This is a real lane in Detroit because the metro had 34,570 general office clerks and 16,970 non-executive secretaries and administrative assistants in 2025, but pay usually sits nearer the middle of the market.
• Executive assistant and executive support (moderate): Smaller but better-paid lane: 3,670 local executive assistants averaged $76,390, well above general office and receptionist pay.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site employers in healthcare, retail, fitness, and insurance that need customer-service-heavy admin support, then selectively pursue executive-support roles once you can prove calendar, reporting, and stakeholder coordination depth.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient access representative: It uses the same front-desk, scheduling, phones, and customer-service foundation but moves you into a steadier healthcare admin lane.
• HR coordinator: Calendar management, interview scheduling, document handling, and follow-up transfer well from admin support.
• Payroll or AP/AR support clerk: Accuracy, documentation, vendor communication, and spreadsheet work transfer naturally from office support.
• Operations coordinator: It keeps the scheduling, status-tracking, and communication parts of office support but ties them to fulfillment or field operations.

What postings ask for

• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 20% of local postings and matches the industries currently driving much of the local admin demand. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates and career switchers from retail, hospitality, or banking.
• Data entry (table_stakes | immediate): It also shows up in about 20% of postings, so it is a screening skill, not a bonus line. Who: Entry-level applicants, clerical candidates, and anyone targeting general office or coordinator roles.
• Microsoft Office (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Office appears in about 15% of local postings and remains baseline software fluency for office support here. Who: All candidates, especially those whose recent jobs were not formally office-based.
• Excel (differentiator | immediate): Excel shows up in about 10% of postings and helps separate candidates for reporting-heavy or higher-trust admin work. Who: Mid-career admins, aspiring executive assistants, and switchers trying to move above front-desk pay.
• Phone etiquette (table_stakes | immediate): Phone etiquette appears in about 10% of postings because many openings are still front desk or multi-line coverage roles. Who: Entry-level candidates and anyone targeting member services, patient-facing, or branch-office roles.
• Valid driver's license (differentiator | near-term): It is the most commonly named credential in the local sample, even though it appears in only about 5% of postings, making it useful for branch, field, and errand-based roles. Who: Candidates targeting office roles that include travel between sites, deposits, errands, or branch coverage.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Government wage data shows a $47,280 local annual median and $50,920 local annual mean for office and administrative support occupations in 2025, with the 25th percentile at $39,080 and the 75th percentile at $59,180. Local posting ranges are directionally similar: posted salaries center on about $48k to $58k, while hourly postings center on about $15 to $19 / hour. This is a moderate-pay market: local pay is close to the national family median of $47,450 and the national family mean of $51,560, so Detroit is not a premium-paying office-support market but it is also not dramatically below the national norm.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than one dominant brand. In the recent local posting sample, hiring was fragmented across employers, and the most-active industries were wellness and fitness services, healthcare, retail, hospitals and health care, and insurance. Among named employers, Epicfitnessgroup, Planet Fitness, Inc., and Fifth Third Bank were among the most consistently active. That mix favors customer-facing, on-site admin work over purely back-office remote work. The common skill bundle is customer service, data entry, Microsoft Office, phone etiquette, and Excel, and about 95% of postings were on-site. The installed base is large enough to matter too: Detroit had 34,570 general office clerks, 16,970 non-executive secretaries and administrative assistants, 11,100 receptionists, and 3,670 executive assistants in May 2025.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Recent postings show the most activity from Epicfitnessgroup (30 postings), Planet Fitness, Inc. (20 postings), Fifth Third Bank (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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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