High paying office and admin jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI run 0.3% above the national average (2024), so a Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$74,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,610 – $105,2203,670
2Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$72,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,670 – $79,6001,490
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $100,61013,480
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$66,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,340 – $70,6602,250
5Postal Service Clerks$65,710
No formal educational credential
$56,390 – $76,360990
6Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$64,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $83,6201,860
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,200 – $89,5202,970
8Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,0405,390
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,540 – $79,0301,450
10Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,2802,320
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$57,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,030 – $68,390960
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,010 – $71,8404,910
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,480
Some college, no degree
$38,160 – $71,57014,730
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,420 – $81,8202,310
15Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$50,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,500 – $65,9702,140
16Bill and Account Collectors$48,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $63,9601,400
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $62,3002,510
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,310
Associate's degree
$38,890 – $63,830870
19Billing and Posting Clerks$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $63,2905,420
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $65,24016,970
21Cargo and Freight Agents$47,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,950 – $71,9501,360
22New Accounts Clerks$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,570 – $59,500720
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,770 – $64,63010,300
24Office Clerks, General$45,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,720 – $63,44034,570
25Tellers$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $47,9905,130
26Order Clerks$45,080
Some college, no degree
$34,360 – $63,370940
27Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $60,7601,610
28Customer Service Representatives$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,040 – $63,73031,310
29File Clerks$42,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,770 – $62,270820
30Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,590 – $53,64011,620
31Data Entry Keyers$40,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $54,9001,120
32Couriers and Messengers$39,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $45,150620
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,220 – $48,79011,100
34Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,020 – $48,070900
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,630 – $43,8202,190
36Library Assistants, Clerical$31,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $44,650980

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

#	Occupation	MedianDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,950	$50,610 – $105,220	3,670
2	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,880	$33,670 – $79,600	1,490
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,060	$46,040 – $100,610	13,480
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,750	$47,340 – $70,660	2,250
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,710	$56,390 – $76,360	990
6	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,480	$37,440 – $83,620	1,860
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,520	$44,200 – $89,520	2,970
8	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$43,120 – $81,040	5,390
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,610	$38,540 – $79,030	1,450
10	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$47,440 – $75,280	2,320
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,130	$41,030 – $68,390	960
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,500	$39,010 – $71,840	4,910
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,480	$38,160 – $71,570	14,730
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,600	$36,420 – $81,820	2,310
15	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,520	$39,500 – $65,970	2,140
16	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,580	$37,650 – $63,960	1,400
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,550	$40,050 – $62,300	2,510
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,310	$38,890 – $63,830	870
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$38,150 – $63,290	5,420
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$34,080 – $65,240	16,970
21	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,260	$39,950 – $71,950	1,360
22	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$42,570 – $59,500	720
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,310	$35,770 – $64,630	10,300
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,810	$31,720 – $63,440	34,570
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$37,980 – $47,990	5,130
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,080	$34,360 – $63,370	940
27	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,050	$37,790 – $60,760	1,610
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$31,040 – $63,730	31,310
29	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,990	$31,770 – $62,270	820
30	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,320	$36,590 – $53,640	11,620
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,210	$34,270 – $54,900	1,120
32	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,670	$32,130 – $45,150	620
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,220	$30,220 – $48,790	11,100
34	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,900	$32,020 – $48,070	900
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,340	$29,630 – $43,820	2,190
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,460	$25,960 – $44,650	980

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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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