High paying office and admin jobs in Bloomington, IL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Bloomington, IL 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 Bloomington, IL run 6.5% below the national average (2024), so a Bloomington, IL 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, Bloomington, IL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$66,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,180 – $90,950260
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,960
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,640180
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$62,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,310 – $89,91060
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $81,720100
5Postal Service Clerks$59,970
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$56,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,820 – $62,06060
7Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $79,460930
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,530 – $77,74050
9Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$48,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $50,82050
10Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $74,32060
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $60,310120
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $60,420230
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,950 – $56,720890
14Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $56,880390
15Bill and Account Collectors$45,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,060 – $61,240140
16Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,220
Some college, no degree
$35,990 – $61,270590
17Billing and Posting Clerks$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,520 – $60,980200
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$44,000
Associate's degree
$35,780 – $59,810110
19Office Clerks, General$41,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $66,1401,280
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,390 – $55,930180
21Customer Service Representatives$39,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $57,6601,280
22Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$38,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $41,79030
23Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,250 – $47,42050
24Tellers$37,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,280 – $44,450210
25Data Entry Keyers$36,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $48,08080
26File Clerks$36,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $48,56050
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $45,450520
28Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $38,390170
29Library Assistants, Clerical$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $35,05080

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

#	Occupation	MedianBloomington, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,690	$53,180 – $90,950	260
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,960	$42,390 – $81,640	180
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,400	$34,310 – $89,910	60
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,550	$36,110 – $81,720	100
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,970	$42,600 – $75,030	40
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,540	$47,820 – $62,060	60
7	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,880	$33,860 – $79,460	930
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,360	$39,530 – $77,740	50
9	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,680	$31,200 – $50,820	50
10	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,370	$36,410 – $74,320	60
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,700	$38,500 – $60,310	120
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$32,130 – $60,420	230
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,040	$45,950 – $56,720	890
14	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,940	$34,740 – $56,880	390
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,940	$39,060 – $61,240	140
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,220	$35,990 – $61,270	590
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$33,520 – $60,980	200
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$44,000	$35,780 – $59,810	110
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,320	$31,200 – $66,140	1,280
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,230	$32,390 – $55,930	180
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,120	$31,200 – $57,660	1,280
22	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,480	$31,200 – $41,790	30
23	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$34,250 – $47,420	50
24	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,040	$31,280 – $44,450	210
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,260	$31,200 – $48,080	80
26	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,090	$32,130 – $48,560	50
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,340	$31,200 – $45,450	520
28	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$31,200 – $38,390	170
29	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$31,200 – $35,050	80

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