High paying office and admin jobs in Duluth, MN-WI with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Duluth, MN-WI 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 Duluth, MN-WI run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Duluth, MN-WI 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, Duluth, MN-WI · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$73,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,060 – $102,340200
2Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$70,990
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,28040
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,100 – $96,560810
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$64,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,830 – $104,070220
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$64,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,970 – $102,260100
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$63,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,790 – $73,360230
7Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$62,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,050 – $78,94050
8Postal Service Clerks$60,530
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03090
9Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,640
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040350
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$59,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,800 – $92,420110
11Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,840 – $73,990110
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$56,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $74,040250
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$55,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,150 – $59,44070
14Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$51,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,200 – $59,320160
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,660
Some college, no degree
$37,010 – $66,3301,080
16Billing and Posting Clerks$49,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $68,030320
17Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,250 – $61,070120
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,520
Associate's degree
$41,010 – $58,060110
19Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $60,00060
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,330 – $63,980420
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $56,580790
22New Accounts Clerks$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $59,40050
23Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $60,9401,220
24Office Clerks, General$46,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $63,6102,590
25Library Assistants, Clerical$45,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,900 – $57,11060
26Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $56,230100
27File Clerks$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $61,52050
28Customer Service Representatives$44,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,280 – $62,9101,500
29Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$41,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,020 – $50,41050
30Tellers$39,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $46,190360
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $37,860440
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,730 – $47,000550

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

#	Occupation	MedianDuluth, MN-WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,260	$58,060 – $102,340	200
2	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$70,990	$42,600 – $75,280	40
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,880	$47,100 – $96,560	810
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,460	$42,830 – $104,070	220
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,010	$43,970 – $102,260	100
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,300	$49,790 – $73,360	230
7	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,600	$49,050 – $78,940	50
8	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$42,600 – $75,030	90
9	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,640	$42,390 – $81,040	350
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,510	$39,800 – $92,420	110
11	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$42,840 – $73,990	110
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,220	$43,680 – $74,040	250
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,420	$27,150 – $59,440	70
14	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,020	$48,200 – $59,320	160
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,660	$37,010 – $66,330	1,080
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,840	$40,260 – $68,030	320
17	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,570	$40,250 – $61,070	120
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,520	$41,010 – $58,060	110
19	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$36,820 – $60,000	60
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$35,330 – $63,980	420
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,870	$39,120 – $56,580	790
22	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$38,080 – $59,400	50
23	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,740	$35,340 – $60,940	1,220
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,820	$35,030 – $63,610	2,590
25	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,650	$32,900 – $57,110	60
26	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,270	$38,760 – $56,230	100
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$39,030 – $61,520	50
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,940	$30,280 – $62,910	1,500
29	Office Machine Operators, Except ComputerHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,980	$36,020 – $50,410	50
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,690	$35,880 – $46,190	360
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,710	$28,520 – $37,860	440
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,350	$26,730 – $47,000	550

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Duluth, MN-WI. 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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