High paying office and admin jobs in Corpus Christi, TX with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Corpus Christi, TX 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 Corpus Christi, TX run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Corpus Christi, TX salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Corpus Christi, TX · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$67,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,100 – $94,940320
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$66,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,020 – $88,070540
3Postal Service Clerks$66,460
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36070
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040370
5First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,130 – $96,5801,870
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,28070
7Procurement Clerks$47,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,650 – $60,24060
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,380 – $71,990280
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $60,270240
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $68,510170
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$46,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $60,330160
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,940
Some college, no degree
$32,340 – $64,3801,570
13Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $52,380170
14Billing and Posting Clerks$43,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,230 – $59,540410
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $76,630130
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$42,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,610 – $60,9702,150
17Bill and Account Collectors$42,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,420 – $57,760170
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$42,340
Associate's degree
$30,290 – $61,91070
19Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$41,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $53,67090
20Information and Record Clerks, All Other$40,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,080 – $60,530300
21Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$39,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,190 – $58,240390
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,450 – $49,7901,300
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,870 – $60,500740
24Couriers and Messengers$37,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,860 – $44,070100
25Customer Service Representatives$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,140 – $54,2703,280
26Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,870 – $49,880120
27Office Clerks, General$36,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,950 – $58,4403,290
28Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$36,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,690 – $49,030330
29Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$36,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,600 – $80,99060
30Tellers$36,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,260 – $45,300440
31File Clerks$36,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,650 – $63,170190
32Data Entry Keyers$34,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,310 – $51,530140
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,370 – $44,5301,270
34Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$29,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,990 – $35,260100
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,840 – $34,250600

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

#	Occupation	MedianCorpus Christi, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,360	$47,100 – $94,940	320
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,540	$42,020 – $88,070	540
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$66,460	$42,600 – $76,360	70
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$43,120 – $81,040	370
5	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,770	$39,130 – $96,580	1,870
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$48,880 – $75,280	70
7	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,820	$33,650 – $60,240	60
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$33,380 – $71,990	280
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$37,520 – $60,270	240
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,590	$37,030 – $68,510	170
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,260	$34,510 – $60,330	160
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,940	$32,340 – $64,380	1,570
13	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,730	$39,890 – $52,380	170
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,010	$32,230 – $59,540	410
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,890	$36,340 – $76,630	130
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,700	$29,610 – $60,970	2,150
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,530	$27,420 – $57,760	170
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$42,340	$30,290 – $61,910	70
19	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,540	$36,550 – $53,670	90
20	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,400	$31,080 – $60,530	300
21	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,890	$26,190 – $58,240	390
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,560	$32,450 – $49,790	1,300
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$29,870 – $60,500	740
24	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,310	$31,860 – $44,070	100
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$27,140 – $54,270	3,280
26	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,030	$22,870 – $49,880	120
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,940	$23,950 – $58,440	3,290
28	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,680	$28,690 – $49,030	330
29	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,620	$29,600 – $80,990	60
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,360	$30,260 – $45,300	440
31	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,290	$28,650 – $63,170	190
32	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,390	$27,310 – $51,530	140
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,810	$22,370 – $44,530	1,270
34	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,380	$21,990 – $35,260	100
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,040	$20,840 – $34,250	600

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Corpus Christi, TX. 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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