High paying office and admin jobs in Fargo, ND-MN with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Fargo, ND-MN 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 Fargo, ND-MN run 9.1% below the national average (2024), so a Fargo, ND-MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Fargo, ND-MN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,730 – $99,360860
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,410 – $91,190250
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$63,930
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040230
4Postal Service Clerks$63,210
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03050
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$61,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,370 – $85,840150
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,390 – $78,220130
7Cargo and Freight Agents$59,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,760 – $98,960210
8Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,360120
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$58,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,290 – $74,550140
10Financial Clerks, All Other$57,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,980 – $74,29080
11Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,320 – $79,420180
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$56,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $62,930110
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$54,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,940 – $71,720320
14New Accounts Clerks$53,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,410 – $66,00070
15Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$53,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $81,370470
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$53,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,910 – $69,47070
17Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,570
Some college, no degree
$39,870 – $66,0901,520
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,680
Associate's degree
$41,190 – $62,08060
19Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $73,310160
20Office Clerks, General$49,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $69,0602,590
21Bill and Account Collectors$48,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $65,20060
22Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,290 – $64,700350
23Billing and Posting Clerks$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $65,620210
24Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $60,2701,730
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $62,880700
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $58,300490
27Customer Service Representatives$40,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,440 – $61,5302,790
28Tellers$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,320 – $48,400620
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,110 – $54,59060
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $48,540700
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,360 – $46,30050
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,610 – $37,370390

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

#	Occupation	MedianFargo, ND-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,750	$46,730 – $99,360	860
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,090	$50,410 – $91,190	250
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$63,930	$42,390 – $81,040	230
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,210	$42,600 – $75,030	50
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,260	$39,370 – $85,840	150
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,750	$48,390 – $78,220	130
7	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,580	$43,760 – $98,960	210
8	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $76,360	120
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,760	$41,290 – $74,550	140
10	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,470	$44,980 – $74,290	80
11	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,300	$47,320 – $79,420	180
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,590	$37,330 – $62,930	110
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,980	$44,940 – $71,720	320
14	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,950	$41,410 – $66,000	70
15	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,490	$35,360 – $81,370	470
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,290	$40,910 – $69,470	70
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,570	$39,870 – $66,090	1,520
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,680	$41,190 – $62,080	60
19	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$37,230 – $73,310	160
20	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,060	$34,720 – $69,060	2,590
21	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,570	$36,470 – $65,200	60
22	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,390	$39,290 – $64,700	350
23	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$38,420 – $65,620	210
24	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,060	$35,610 – $60,270	1,730
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$35,700 – $62,880	700
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$37,440 – $58,300	490
27	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,900	$30,440 – $61,530	2,790
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$36,320 – $48,400	620
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,590	$21,110 – $54,590	60
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,500	$29,140 – $48,540	700
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,120	$30,360 – $46,300	50
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,950	$30,610 – $37,370	390

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