High paying office and admin jobs in Columbus, GA-AL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Columbus, GA-AL 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 Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL 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, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,190 – $90,360240
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,580 – $85,0901,020
3Postal Service Clerks$59,190
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03070
4Information and Record Clerks, All Other$58,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,050 – $65,150180
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $74,110130
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$54,430
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040350
7Procurement Clerks$54,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $63,400130
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,110
Associate's degree
$37,290 – $61,800140
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $66,120400
10Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$44,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,340 – $90,48050
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$42,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,520 – $63,01090
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$42,800
Some college, no degree
$28,880 – $60,120920
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$39,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $63,390180
14Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$39,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,910 – $43,33050
15Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$38,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $61,05090
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,370 – $50,450400
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$38,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $48,740270
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,840 – $46,9601,030
19Billing and Posting Clerks$38,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,310 – $51,210390
20Tellers$38,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,560 – $46,750180
21Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $54,71090
22Public Safety Telecommunicators$37,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,630 – $46,150120
23Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$37,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,740 – $58,5301,300
24Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $49,21070
25Office Clerks, General$37,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,990 – $52,4501,720
26Customer Service Representatives$37,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,450 – $48,5902,150
27Data Entry Keyers$36,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,040 – $47,630220
28Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,530 – $46,40040
29Bill and Account Collectors$35,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,340 – $51,120130
30Loan Interviewers and Clerks$33,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,400 – $50,560130
31Couriers and Messengers$32,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,920 – $46,56040
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,610 – $39,760910
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,500 – $32,880330

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,000	$48,190 – $90,360	240
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,290	$40,580 – $85,090	1,020
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,190	$42,600 – $75,030	70
4	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,120	$44,050 – $65,150	180
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,580	$38,190 – $74,110	130
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$54,430	$42,390 – $81,040	350
7	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,020	$36,860 – $63,400	130
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,110	$37,290 – $61,800	140
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$34,720 – $66,120	400
10	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,210	$26,340 – $90,480	50
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,980	$29,520 – $63,010	90
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,800	$28,880 – $60,120	920
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,840	$32,940 – $63,390	180
14	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,310	$31,910 – $43,330	50
15	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,900	$35,360 – $61,050	90
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,870	$28,370 – $50,450	400
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,700	$35,700 – $48,740	270
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,630	$30,840 – $46,960	1,030
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,170	$30,310 – $51,210	390
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,070	$31,560 – $46,750	180
21	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$36,100 – $54,710	90
22	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,910	$32,630 – $46,150	120
23	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,570	$24,740 – $58,530	1,300
24	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,400	$30,550 – $49,210	70
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,340	$25,990 – $52,450	1,720
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,330	$28,450 – $48,590	2,150
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,240	$32,040 – $47,630	220
28	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,990	$31,530 – $46,400	40
29	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,820	$27,340 – $51,120	130
30	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,410	$26,400 – $50,560	130
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,630	$23,920 – $46,560	40
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$23,610 – $39,760	910
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,120	$22,500 – $32,880	330

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