High paying office and admin jobs in Athens-Clarke County, GA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Athens-Clarke County, GA 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Athens-Clarke County, GA 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, Athens-Clarke County, GA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$69,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,150 – $92,540250
2Postal Service Clerks$61,150
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,550 – $89,760650
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$56,660
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040220
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$52,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $72,60080
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$49,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,350 – $78,300200
7Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$48,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,950 – $54,19080
8New Accounts Clerks$48,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,020 – $61,19050
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $70,20090
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,360
Some college, no degree
$30,360 – $63,020820
11Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,390 – $61,740150
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$46,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,010 – $58,64090
13Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $45,18040
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$43,820
Associate's degree
$37,260 – $57,45040
15Procurement Clerks$43,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,880 – $65,32030
16Billing and Posting Clerks$42,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $55,380200
17Office Clerks, General$41,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $51,7601,880
18Financial Clerks, All Other$40,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$15,210 – $66,18040
19Tellers$39,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $46,810130
20Loan Interviewers and Clerks$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $56,54050
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,870 – $58,770390
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,190 – $53,220980
23Customer Service Representatives$36,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,680 – $54,8201,180
24Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$36,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,940 – $57,480910
25Couriers and Messengers$34,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,130 – $46,04040
26Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,160 – $43,800690
27Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$33,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,950 – $33,950330
28Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,760 – $33,990120

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

#	Occupation	MedianAthens-Clarke County, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,470	$48,150 – $92,540	250
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,150	$42,600 – $76,360	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,200	$38,550 – $89,760	650
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$56,660	$42,390 – $81,040	220
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,920	$39,110 – $72,600	80
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,260	$34,350 – $78,300	200
7	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,600	$32,950 – $54,190	80
8	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,140	$36,020 – $61,190	50
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$32,130 – $70,200	90
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,360	$30,360 – $63,020	820
11	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,120	$34,390 – $61,740	150
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,080	$39,010 – $58,640	90
13	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,180	$27,610 – $45,180	40
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$43,820	$37,260 – $57,450	40
15	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,060	$22,880 – $65,320	30
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,660	$35,740 – $55,380	200
17	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,220	$27,040 – $51,760	1,880
18	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,710	$15,210 – $66,180	40
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,650	$35,280 – $46,810	130
20	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$34,950 – $56,540	50
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,360	$28,870 – $58,770	390
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$31,190 – $53,220	980
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,320	$25,680 – $54,820	1,180
24	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,110	$24,940 – $57,480	910
25	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,510	$27,130 – $46,040	40
26	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,290	$23,160 – $43,800	690
27	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,950	$33,950 – $33,950	330
28	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,760	$22,760 – $33,990	120

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