High paying office and admin jobs in Abilene, TX with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Abilene, TX that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Abilene, TX run 9.6% below the national average (2024), so a Abilene, TX salary is worth about 1.11× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Abilene, TX · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,690 – $90,110190
2Postal Service Clerks$63,210
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,830 – $89,980970
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $71,47080
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,970
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040180
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $61,37050
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $68,49070
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,350
Associate's degree
$30,540 – $60,18030
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$47,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,290 – $74,930120
10Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,150 – $69,45040
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,990 – $57,140140
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,620
Some college, no degree
$31,020 – $63,350650
13Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $52,72070
14Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$44,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $56,540140
15Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$44,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,330 – $64,940130
16Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $49,790940
17Information and Record Clerks, All Other$43,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,880 – $58,430130
18Bill and Account Collectors$41,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,060 – $53,15060
19Billing and Posting Clerks$41,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,630 – $58,660130
20Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,050 – $49,490410
21Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$40,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,740 – $74,450130
22Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $58,280900
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,750 – $54,410290
24File Clerks$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,850 – $53,83060
25Office Clerks, General$37,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,910 – $57,1501,110
26Tellers$37,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,520 – $45,740140
27Customer Service Representatives$36,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,790 – $53,2102,550
28Data Entry Keyers$35,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,530 – $55,670100
29Couriers and Messengers$35,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,990 – $38,88050
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$30,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,990 – $41,430450
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,960 – $33,480180

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAbilene, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,480	$47,690 – $90,110	190
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,210	$42,600 – $76,360	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,300	$38,830 – $89,980	970
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$48,880 – $71,470	80
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,970	$42,390 – $81,040	180
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,480	$36,960 – $61,370	50
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,120	$34,750 – $68,490	70
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,350	$30,540 – $60,180	30
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,660	$33,290 – $74,930	120
10	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,370	$36,150 – $69,450	40
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,650	$39,990 – $57,140	140
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,620	$31,020 – $63,350	650
13	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,520	$34,590 – $52,720	70
14	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,400	$37,270 – $56,540	140
15	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,120	$23,330 – $64,940	130
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,790	$34,980 – $49,790	940
17	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,240	$31,880 – $58,430	130
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,480	$27,060 – $53,150	60
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,450	$30,630 – $58,660	130
20	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$34,050 – $49,490	410
21	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,050	$30,740 – $74,450	130
22	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$27,610 – $58,280	900
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,940	$29,750 – $54,410	290
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$26,850 – $53,830	60
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,410	$23,910 – $57,150	1,110
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,280	$31,520 – $45,740	140
27	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,830	$29,790 – $53,210	2,550
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,990	$27,530 – $55,670	100
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,400	$26,990 – $38,880	50
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,690	$23,990 – $41,430	450
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,140	$20,960 – $33,480	180

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Abilene, TX. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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