High paying office and admin jobs in Cleveland, OH with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Cleveland, OH 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 Cleveland, OH run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, OH salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Cleveland, OH · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$68,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,840 – $97,3902,170
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,620 – $99,5808,590
3Postal Service Clerks$64,630
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,030350
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,260
No formal educational credential
$48,940 – $81,0402,530
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,020 – $65,1101,060
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,620 – $81,6902,790
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,370 – $83,7101,370
8Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280980
9Cargo and Freight Agents$56,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,090 – $80,890630
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$54,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,660 – $67,810370
11Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$52,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,840 – $73,170910
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$50,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,360 – $78,7102,020
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,240 – $73,1501,010
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,860
Some college, no degree
$36,960 – $67,8108,660
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,740
Associate's degree
$35,410 – $64,490650
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $64,560940
17Financial Clerks, All Other$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,060 – $57,530360
18Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $60,3503,030
19Order Clerks$47,350
Some college, no degree
$34,680 – $63,210780
20Billing and Posting Clerks$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $57,7604,790
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,300 – $62,40010,450
22Customer Service Representatives$46,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,340 – $65,76015,900
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $59,3907,120
24Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $60,7606,940
25Tellers$45,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $47,8801,840
26Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $56,5501,340
27Office Clerks, General$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,150 – $63,90015,700
28Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$41,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,600 – $61,180350
29Data Entry Keyers$40,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $54,000900
30Bill and Account Collectors$40,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,530 – $62,9901,360
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$39,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,830 – $49,420380
32Couriers and Messengers$39,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,580 – $47,320410
33File Clerks$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,170 – $57,300350
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,310 – $47,5505,700
35Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$35,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,480 – $77,500410
36Library Assistants, Clerical$34,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,040 – $48,0501,090
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,340 – $37,330950

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,570	$46,840 – $97,390	2,170
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,650	$44,620 – $99,580	8,590
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,630	$55,350 – $75,030	350
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,260	$48,940 – $81,040	2,530
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$45,020 – $65,110	1,060
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,210	$41,620 – $81,690	2,790
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,110	$44,370 – $83,710	1,370
8	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,280	980
9	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,060	$40,090 – $80,890	630
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,720	$42,660 – $67,810	370
11	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,170	$39,840 – $73,170	910
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,060	$36,360 – $78,710	2,020
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,340	$35,240 – $73,150	1,010
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,860	$36,960 – $67,810	8,660
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,740	$35,410 – $64,490	650
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,130	$38,080 – $64,560	940
17	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$47,060 – $57,530	360
18	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,800	$37,530 – $60,350	3,030
19	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,350	$34,680 – $63,210	780
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$39,280 – $57,760	4,790
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,120	$33,300 – $62,400	10,450
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,040	$31,340 – $65,760	15,900
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$38,290 – $59,390	7,120
24	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,650	$35,260 – $60,760	6,940
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,560	$36,880 – $47,880	1,840
26	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,820	$36,880 – $56,550	1,340
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$29,150 – $63,900	15,700
28	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,470	$22,600 – $61,180	350
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,990	$30,910 – $54,000	900
30	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,700	$29,530 – $62,990	1,360
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,730	$29,830 – $49,420	380
32	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,410	$33,580 – $47,320	410
33	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$27,170 – $57,300	350
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,320	$27,310 – $47,550	5,700
35	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,590	$35,480 – $77,500	410
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,610	$23,040 – $48,050	1,090
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,140	$28,340 – $37,330	950

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