High paying office and admin jobs in Akron, OH with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Akron, OH 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 Akron, OH run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Akron, OH salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Akron, OH · Employed

1Brokerage Clerks$81,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,510 – $121,360110
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,200 – $94,690660
3Postal Service Clerks$64,670
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,030160
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,980 – $97,5602,660
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,100 – $68,010290
6Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$61,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,870 – $75,950180
7Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$44,160 – $81,040710
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,480 – $85,770920
9Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$56,390
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280230
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,450 – $78,980330
11Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,010 – $78,780170
12Order Clerks$51,060
Some college, no degree
$36,140 – $63,810320
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,270
Associate's degree
$37,710 – $60,860160
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $74,180170
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,180
Some college, no degree
$37,040 – $66,5102,730
16Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,750 – $74,990210
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $76,320380
18Cargo and Freight Agents$48,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,090 – $96,590130
19Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $63,280620
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $62,4003,360
21Billing and Posting Clerks$45,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $57,990970
22Customer Service Representatives$45,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $68,0205,780
23Couriers and Messengers$43,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,990 – $44,280130
24Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $58,7702,720
25Office Clerks, General$42,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,110 – $62,0505,020
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $48,2601,800
27Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$41,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $50,860310
28Tellers$41,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,520 – $46,680630
29Bill and Account Collectors$40,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,290 – $59,380470
30Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$40,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $63,010540
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$37,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,380 – $46,440170
32Data Entry Keyers$37,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,990 – $49,700310
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,180 – $47,5102,120
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,520 – $35,930330
35Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$29,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,260 – $53,230100
36Library Assistants, Clerical$29,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,000 – $46,610150

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

#	Occupation	MedianAkron, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,230	$53,510 – $121,360	110
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,240	$44,200 – $94,690	660
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,670	$55,350 – $75,030	160
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,620	$44,980 – $97,560	2,660
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,050	$44,100 – $68,010	290
6	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,940	$34,870 – $75,950	180
7	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$44,160 – $81,040	710
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,340	$41,480 – $85,770	920
9	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$56,390	$45,530 – $75,280	230
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,960	$38,450 – $78,980	330
11	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,290	$39,010 – $78,780	170
12	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,060	$36,140 – $63,810	320
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,270	$37,710 – $60,860	160
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,200	$38,600 – $74,180	170
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,180	$37,040 – $66,510	2,730
16	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,080	$33,750 – $74,990	210
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,650	$34,510 – $76,320	380
18	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,130	$40,090 – $96,590	130
19	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$39,830 – $63,280	620
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$33,860 – $62,400	3,360
21	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,850	$37,330 – $57,990	970
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,420	$31,110 – $68,020	5,780
23	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,240	$30,990 – $44,280	130
24	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,090	$36,230 – $58,770	2,720
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,940	$27,110 – $62,050	5,020
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,740	$36,990 – $48,260	1,800
27	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,680	$37,800 – $50,860	310
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,310	$35,520 – $46,680	630
29	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,760	$32,290 – $59,380	470
30	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,060	$36,040 – $63,010	540
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,630	$29,380 – $46,440	170
32	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,370	$28,990 – $49,700	310
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,670	$27,180 – $47,510	2,120
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,440	$26,520 – $35,930	330
35	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,600	$22,260 – $53,230	100
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,530	$23,000 – $46,610	150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Akron, OH. 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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