High paying office and admin jobs in Dubuque, IA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Dubuque, IA 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 Dubuque, IA run 12.7% below the national average (2024), so a Dubuque, IA salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Dubuque, IA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,840 – $93,400440
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$63,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,600 – $107,630160
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040110
4Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$60,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,720 – $87,360110
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$56,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,450 – $80,68050
6Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $73,74060
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,870 – $59,240110
8Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $66,750280
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,630
Some college, no degree
$32,450 – $63,460520
10New Accounts Clerks$47,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $56,46080
11Customer Service Representatives$46,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,050 – $61,6901,880
12Billing and Posting Clerks$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,380 – $56,910120
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,340 – $47,300240
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,820 – $61,290440
15Office Clerks, General$44,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $61,750920
16Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$44,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $57,73080
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$42,680
Associate's degree
$36,880 – $63,61060
18Tellers$39,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $48,900210
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $48,240410
20Couriers and Messengers$39,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $40,86030
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,430 – $45,710200
22Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$37,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,820 – $64,24040
23Library Assistants, Clerical$34,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,360 – $46,16050
24Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,500 – $39,460100

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

#	Occupation	MedianDubuque, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,070	$43,840 – $93,400	440
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,370	$47,600 – $107,630	160
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	110
4	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,360	$46,720 – $87,360	110
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,290	$44,450 – $80,680	50
6	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,290	$38,100 – $73,740	60
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,170	$41,870 – $59,240	110
8	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$35,280 – $66,750	280
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,630	$32,450 – $63,460	520
10	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,060	$40,050 – $56,460	80
11	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,670	$37,050 – $61,690	1,880
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$38,380 – $56,910	120
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,040	$32,340 – $47,300	240
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,430	$35,820 – $61,290	440
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,980	$30,320 – $61,750	920
16	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,260	$38,160 – $57,730	80
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$42,680	$36,880 – $63,610	60
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,440	$36,910 – $48,900	210
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,340	$34,740 – $48,240	410
20	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,020	$31,750 – $40,860	30
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$29,430 – $45,710	200
22	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,150	$17,820 – $64,240	40
23	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,590	$28,360 – $46,160	50
24	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,520	$27,500 – $39,460	100

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