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

The best paid office and admin occupations in Cleveland, TN 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, TN run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, TN salary is worth about 1.14× 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, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,310 – $95,480600
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$58,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,030 – $97,93050
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,490
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040120
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,760 – $71,78050
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$49,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,830 – $75,200170
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$47,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,610 – $79,63040
7Meter Readers, Utilities$46,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,860 – $61,00030
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$43,660
Some college, no degree
$29,890 – $61,840400
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$43,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $64,27050
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,840 – $48,880360
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$42,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,520 – $57,150390
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$41,120
Associate's degree
$29,320 – $50,42030
13Billing and Posting Clerks$40,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,730 – $56,930110
14Public Safety Telecommunicators$40,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $47,04040
15Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$39,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,800 – $59,050110
16Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,680 – $66,26030
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $53,240510
18Procurement Clerks$37,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,980 – $64,06030
19Customer Service Representatives$37,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,230 – $55,380590
20Tellers$37,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,570 – $45,000120
21Bill and Account Collectors$36,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $51,00050
22Office Clerks, General$36,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,830 – $54,870630
23Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,040 – $39,500160
24Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,420 – $34,56080
25Library Assistants, Clerical$21,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,460 – $30,61050

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,190	$38,310 – $95,480	600
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,480	$42,030 – $97,930	50
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,490	$42,390 – $81,040	120
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,770	$34,760 – $71,780	50
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,680	$30,830 – $75,200	170
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,940	$31,610 – $79,630	40
7	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,560	$34,860 – $61,000	30
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,660	$29,890 – $61,840	400
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,490	$31,060 – $64,270	50
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,460	$29,840 – $48,880	360
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,880	$27,520 – $57,150	390
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$41,120	$29,320 – $50,420	30
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,910	$32,730 – $56,930	110
14	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,040	$36,850 – $47,040	40
15	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,930	$21,800 – $59,050	110
16	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$29,680 – $66,260	30
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,580	$30,560 – $53,240	510
18	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,920	$27,980 – $64,060	30
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,600	$28,230 – $55,380	590
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,160	$29,570 – $45,000	120
21	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,560	$30,520 – $51,000	50
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,100	$24,830 – $54,870	630
23	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,770	$24,040 – $39,500	160
24	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,440	$23,420 – $34,560	80
25	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,700	$19,460 – $30,610	50

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