High paying office and admin jobs in Boulder, CO with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Boulder, CO 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 Boulder, CO run 5.2% above the national average (2024), so a Boulder, CO salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Boulder, CO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$79,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,210 – $142,7301,910
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$79,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,850 – $112,190880
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$70,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,110 – $84,26080
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$66,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,250 – $93,880620
5Financial Clerks, All Other$64,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,710 – $79,270110
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$61,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,940 – $75,740230
7Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,130
No formal educational credential
$48,940 – $81,040440
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$60,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,120 – $74,500130
9Postal Service Clerks$60,530
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,03070
10Office Clerks, General$59,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,010 – $83,5101,510
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$59,690
Associate's degree
$39,300 – $77,62080
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$57,330
Some college, no degree
$42,740 – $78,5801,440
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$57,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,860 – $72,04060
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $74,890150
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$55,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $86,65070
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$54,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,950 – $78,860910
17Billing and Posting Clerks$53,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,850 – $78,220320
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $72,6001,510
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$50,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,080 – $64,220460
20Order Clerks$49,970
Some college, no degree
$39,570 – $74,850170
21Data Entry Keyers$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,640 – $67,59090
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,020 – $61,000840
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $71,2901,110
24Customer Service Representatives$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $69,8502,070
25Tellers$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $54,530310
26Receptionists and Information Clerks$42,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $50,500980
27Bill and Account Collectors$41,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,580 – $61,440140
28Library Assistants, Clerical$41,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $47,73070
29Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$38,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,870 – $48,990190

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

#	Occupation	MedianBoulder, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,450	$55,210 – $142,730	1,910
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,170	$49,850 – $112,190	880
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,240	$43,110 – $84,260	80
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,050	$48,250 – $93,880	620
5	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,390	$44,710 – $79,270	110
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,370	$48,940 – $75,740	230
7	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,130	$48,940 – $81,040	440
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,950	$46,120 – $74,500	130
9	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$54,330 – $75,030	70
10	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,840	$41,010 – $83,510	1,510
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$59,690	$39,300 – $77,620	80
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$57,330	$42,740 – $78,580	1,440
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,250	$43,860 – $72,040	60
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,850	$38,070 – $74,890	150
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,590	$38,480 – $86,650	70
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,930	$41,950 – $78,860	910
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,030	$43,850 – $78,220	320
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,060	$31,750 – $72,600	1,510
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,380	$43,080 – $64,220	460
20	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,970	$39,570 – $74,850	170
21	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$36,640 – $67,590	90
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,890	$42,020 – $61,000	840
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,200	$38,660 – $71,290	1,110
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$36,340 – $69,850	2,070
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$40,260 – $54,530	310
26	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,800	$34,670 – $50,500	980
27	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,580	$41,580 – $61,440	140
28	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,340	$36,000 – $47,730	70
29	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,520	$34,870 – $48,990	190

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