High paying office and admin jobs in Bellingham, WA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Bellingham, WA 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 Bellingham, WA run 3.3% above the national average (2024), so a Bellingham, WA salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Bellingham, WA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$76,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,670 – $91,550240
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$76,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,360 – $105,960920
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$76,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,700 – $76,34050
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$67,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,190 – $79,68070
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$64,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,860 – $78,000140
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$61,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,750 – $74,890130
7Postal Service Clerks$61,710
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,03050
8Loan Interviewers and Clerks$59,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,900 – $72,42090
9Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,470
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040240
10Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $107,540210
11Cargo and Freight Agents$57,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $77,180100
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$57,000
Some college, no degree
$44,770 – $74,9701,140
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,430 – $85,180140
14Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$55,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,630 – $61,950230
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$54,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,270 – $87,48050
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$53,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,280 – $64,890870
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,910
Associate's degree
$46,090 – $69,52040
18Billing and Posting Clerks$51,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $69,300310
19Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,030 – $65,37060
20Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,810 – $65,550160
21Office Clerks, General$49,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $69,3301,350
22Order Clerks$48,460
Some college, no degree
$40,260 – $59,81050
23Tellers$47,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,150 – $60,620420
24Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,620 – $64,050430
25Customer Service Representatives$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $61,8801,000
26Couriers and Messengers$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $55,30060
27Procurement Clerks$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $58,51040
28Library Assistants, Clerical$44,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $57,210230
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $54,780810
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$39,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $46,170220
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $49,17060

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

#	Occupation	MedianBellingham, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,870	$59,670 – $91,550	240
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,530	$52,360 – $105,960	920
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,340	$63,700 – $76,340	50
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,710	$54,190 – $79,680	70
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,990	$53,860 – $78,000	140
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,890	$50,750 – $74,890	130
7	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,710	$54,330 – $75,030	50
8	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,760	$47,900 – $72,420	90
9	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,470	$42,390 – $81,040	240
10	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,150	$37,160 – $107,540	210
11	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,090	$47,960 – $77,180	100
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$57,000	$44,770 – $74,970	1,140
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,820	$42,430 – $85,180	140
14	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,670	$42,630 – $61,950	230
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,130	$48,270 – $87,480	50
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,820	$41,280 – $64,890	870
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,910	$46,090 – $69,520	40
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,560	$40,630 – $69,300	310
19	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,310	$44,030 – $65,370	60
20	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,930	$40,810 – $65,550	160
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,460	$37,950 – $69,330	1,350
22	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,460	$40,260 – $59,810	50
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,630	$39,150 – $60,620	420
24	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,380	$37,620 – $64,050	430
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$38,480 – $61,880	1,000
26	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$39,260 – $55,300	60
27	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$35,360 – $58,510	40
28	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,440	$36,200 – $57,210	230
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,400	$36,250 – $54,780	810
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,140	$36,890 – $46,170	220
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,760	$37,040 – $49,170	60

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