High paying office and admin jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Chattanooga, TN-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 Chattanooga, TN-GA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Chattanooga, TN-GA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Chattanooga, TN-GA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$64,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,420 – $92,670440
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,790 – $99,9903,940
3Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $76,360110
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,390
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,280200
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,930
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040630
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $76,0101,090
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $67,970190
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $60,680160
9Cargo and Freight Agents$49,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,070 – $74,180150
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $62,120630
11Billing and Posting Clerks$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $59,550890
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,920
Some college, no degree
$34,510 – $64,7802,920
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,820 – $63,110340
14Procurement Clerks$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,560 – $61,840210
15Customer Service Representatives$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,180 – $59,0605,120
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$44,520
Associate's degree
$32,130 – $58,790290
17Public Safety Telecommunicators$43,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $51,080120
18Order Clerks$42,840
Some college, no degree
$32,090 – $57,570140
19Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$42,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,500 – $50,500140
20Loan Interviewers and Clerks$42,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,560 – $64,290340
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,350 – $60,4002,470
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $56,3801,290
23Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$39,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,170 – $57,900230
24Data Entry Keyers$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,630 – $55,630120
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,490 – $56,8903,590
26Bill and Account Collectors$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $52,070430
27Office Clerks, General$37,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,340 – $56,5903,920
28Tellers$37,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,850 – $46,200560
29File Clerks$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,170 – $58,950240
30Couriers and Messengers$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $46,450170
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,030 – $44,7901,090
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,880 – $35,420590
33Information and Record Clerks, All Other$27,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,420 – $48,840290
34Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$27,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,830 – $38,740240

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

#	Occupation	MedianChattanooga, TN-GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,680	$47,420 – $92,670	440
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,150	$43,790 – $99,990	3,940
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$54,330 – $76,360	110
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,390	$42,600 – $75,280	200
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,930	$42,390 – $81,040	630
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,740	$37,580 – $76,010	1,090
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,870	$38,430 – $67,970	190
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$36,510 – $60,680	160
9	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,460	$45,070 – $74,180	150
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,770	$35,350 – $62,120	630
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$37,790 – $59,550	890
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,920	$34,510 – $64,780	2,920
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,620	$33,820 – $63,110	340
14	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$34,560 – $61,840	210
15	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$31,180 – $59,060	5,120
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$44,520	$32,130 – $58,790	290
17	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,220	$37,360 – $51,080	120
18	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,840	$32,090 – $57,570	140
19	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,760	$34,500 – $50,500	140
20	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,220	$34,560 – $64,290	340
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,990	$27,350 – $60,400	2,470
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,330	$31,480 – $56,380	1,290
23	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,500	$21,170 – $57,900	230
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$29,630 – $55,630	120
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,640	$31,490 – $56,890	3,590
26	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$38,370 – $52,070	430
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,860	$26,340 – $56,590	3,920
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,280	$28,850 – $46,200	560
29	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$21,170 – $58,950	240
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$29,990 – $46,450	170
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,070	$27,030 – $44,790	1,090
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,350	$23,880 – $35,420	590
33	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,610	$21,420 – $48,840	290
34	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,420	$24,830 – $38,740	240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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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