High paying office and admin jobs in Columbia, MO with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Columbia, MO 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 Columbia, MO run 10.6% below the national average (2024), so a Columbia, MO salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Columbia, MO · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$44,160 – $81,040200
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $91,560930
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,910 – $81,900390
4Postal Service Clerks$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $80,490140
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,780
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,030100
7Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,600 – $61,61060
8Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $62,17040
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,070
Associate's degree
$36,230 – $67,73050
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,920
Some college, no degree
$35,490 – $72,540880
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$48,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $60,250100
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $60,660310
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $78,040210
14Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$47,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $88,890100
15Bill and Account Collectors$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $58,660100
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,600 – $73,380110
17Office Clerks, General$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,580 – $64,5002,330
18Billing and Posting Clerks$43,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,130 – $58,030220
19Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$42,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $59,86050
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,870 – $52,200430
21Customer Service Representatives$41,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,620 – $62,4301,870
22Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $58,560110
23File Clerks$40,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,740 – $46,06050
24Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,100 – $61,1101,350
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $49,760120
26Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $46,86050
27Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$37,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,030 – $56,710270
28Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,660 – $57,570100
29Tellers$35,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,720 – $43,860360
30Data Entry Keyers$34,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $49,30090
31Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$34,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,440 – $44,24040
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $43,450730
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$32,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $37,180190

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbia, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$44,160 – $81,040	200
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,670	$42,340 – $91,560	930
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,500	$44,910 – $81,900	390
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $75,030	40
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,460	$38,100 – $80,490	140
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,780	$47,440 – $75,030	100
7	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$39,600 – $61,610	60
8	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$35,380 – $62,170	40
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,070	$36,230 – $67,730	50
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,920	$35,490 – $72,540	880
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,680	$38,160 – $60,250	100
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,750	$36,990 – $60,660	310
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$39,630 – $78,040	210
14	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,620	$36,840 – $88,890	100
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$28,600 – $58,660	100
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$34,600 – $73,380	110
17	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$29,580 – $64,500	2,330
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,760	$34,130 – $58,030	220
19	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,240	$38,900 – $59,860	50
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,890	$35,870 – $52,200	430
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,210	$31,620 – $62,430	1,870
22	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,020	$35,340 – $58,560	110
23	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,030	$28,740 – $46,060	50
24	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,680	$31,100 – $61,110	1,350
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,420	$36,610 – $49,760	120
26	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,110	$30,800 – $46,860	50
27	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,860	$30,030 – $56,710	270
28	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,420	$29,660 – $57,570	100
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,180	$30,720 – $43,860	360
30	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,270	$29,120 – $49,300	90
31	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,060	$33,440 – $44,240	40
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,020	$28,600 – $43,450	730
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,190	$28,600 – $37,180	190

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