High paying office and admin jobs in Decatur, IL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Decatur, IL 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 Decatur, IL run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Decatur, IL salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Decatur, IL · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$73,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,670 – $98,29070
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,180 – $98,050230
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$60,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $92,07080
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040120
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $77,83040
6Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,150 – $83,02050
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,200
Some college, no degree
$35,540 – $64,140330
8Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $60,55070
9Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,390 – $55,290590
10Billing and Posting Clerks$46,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $59,800130
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,390 – $61,760500
12Office Clerks, General$44,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $69,790540
13Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $50,010220
14Customer Service Representatives$40,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $62,640420
15Tellers$37,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,710 – $45,870190
16Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $47,390260
17Library Assistants, Clerical$34,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $49,29070

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

#	Occupation	MedianDecatur, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,680	$48,670 – $98,290	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$41,180 – $98,050	230
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,490	$43,920 – $92,070	80
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$43,120 – $81,040	120
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,780	$31,200 – $77,830	40
6	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,740	$39,150 – $83,020	50
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,200	$35,540 – $64,140	330
8	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,750	$36,990 – $60,550	70
9	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,360	$41,390 – $55,290	590
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,330	$38,020 – $59,800	130
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,890	$34,390 – $61,760	500
12	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,040	$31,200 – $69,790	540
13	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,820	$35,740 – $50,010	220
14	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,190	$31,200 – $62,640	420
15	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,160	$34,710 – $45,870	190
16	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,690	$31,200 – $47,390	260
17	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,280	$31,200 – $49,290	70

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