High paying office and admin jobs in Bowling Green, KY with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Bowling Green, KY 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 Bowling Green, KY run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Bowling Green, KY salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Bowling Green, KY · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$64,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,950 – $90,32060
2Postal Service Clerks$63,670
No formal educational credential
$36,360 – $76,36040
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $94,990650
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,930
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040210
5Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$55,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $71,100110
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $69,56090
7Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,330 – $69,91080
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $80,290320
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $62,590120
10Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,320
Associate's degree
$32,940 – $56,69040
11Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,280 – $56,79050
12Billing and Posting Clerks$44,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,840 – $52,250190
13Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $68,22040
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,160
Some college, no degree
$29,910 – $63,600900
15Procurement Clerks$43,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,840 – $57,97050
16Bill and Account Collectors$43,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $58,38030
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$43,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,170 – $52,21090
18Meter Readers, Utilities$42,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,750 – $63,58040
19Public Safety Telecommunicators$40,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,890 – $62,89060
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,580 – $52,930780
21Office Clerks, General$38,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,850 – $50,990960
22Customer Service Representatives$37,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,990 – $57,3701,170
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,830 – $46,7301,040
24Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,900 – $58,440110
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$36,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $51,580850
26Tellers$36,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,780 – $42,830210
27Library Assistants, Clerical$33,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,280 – $35,77070
28Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,080 – $42,660390
29Couriers and Messengers$30,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,000 – $39,85040
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,910 – $36,880160

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

#	Occupation	MedianBowling Green, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,290	$44,950 – $90,320	60
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,670	$36,360 – $76,360	40
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,250	$40,700 – $94,990	650
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,930	$42,390 – $81,040	210
5	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,480	$37,320 – $71,100	110
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,540	$36,230 – $69,560	90
7	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$39,330 – $69,910	80
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$37,660 – $80,290	320
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$38,260 – $62,590	120
10	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,320	$32,940 – $56,690	40
11	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$34,280 – $56,790	50
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,640	$30,840 – $52,250	190
13	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$35,700 – $68,220	40
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,160	$29,910 – $63,600	900
15	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,240	$31,840 – $57,970	50
16	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,150	$36,890 – $58,380	30
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,080	$36,170 – $52,210	90
18	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,750	$42,750 – $63,580	40
19	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,840	$30,890 – $62,890	60
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,180	$30,580 – $52,930	780
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,000	$25,850 – $50,990	960
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,970	$27,990 – $57,370	1,170
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,940	$29,830 – $46,730	1,040
24	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$21,900 – $58,440	110
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,390	$30,250 – $51,580	850
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,190	$29,780 – $42,830	210
27	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,330	$28,280 – $35,770	70
28	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,750	$23,080 – $42,660	390
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,170	$23,000 – $39,850	40
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,760	$22,910 – $36,880	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bowling Green, KY. 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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