High paying office and admin jobs in Fort Smith, AR-OK with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Fort Smith, AR-OK 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 Fort Smith, AR-OK run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Fort Smith, AR-OK salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Fort Smith, AR-OK · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$63,380
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040210
2Postal Service Clerks$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03060
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$57,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,040 – $87,800960
4Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$50,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $74,080100
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$48,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,870 – $78,680200
6Cargo and Freight Agents$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $61,590130
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $77,440100
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,010
Some college, no degree
$31,740 – $61,930960
9New Accounts Clerks$43,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,530 – $58,16040
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$41,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $60,370130
11Billing and Posting Clerks$41,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,870 – $59,600320
12Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$40,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,710 – $60,01050
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$40,700
Associate's degree
$31,680 – $54,17050
14Bill and Account Collectors$40,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $57,830100
15Information and Record Clerks, All Other$39,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,880 – $64,94080
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$39,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,690 – $63,250130
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,820 – $50,160150
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,470 – $54,540620
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $49,840170
20Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$38,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,660 – $48,99070
21Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,130 – $53,06080
22Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$37,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,990 – $51,570720
23Customer Service Representatives$37,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $50,7201,860
24Public Safety Telecommunicators$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,220 – $42,03090
25Office Clerks, General$37,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,270 – $53,0501,900
26Data Entry Keyers$37,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,920 – $54,17050
27Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$35,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,140 – $42,790280
28Tellers$34,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $38,170260
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,620 – $42,560630
30Library Assistants, Clerical$30,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,560 – $37,76030
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,360 – $33,580160

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

#	Occupation	MedianFort Smith, AR-OK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$63,380	$42,390 – $81,040	210
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $75,030	60
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,130	$40,040 – $87,800	960
4	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,220	$38,690 – $74,080	100
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,560	$35,870 – $78,680	200
6	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$34,510 – $61,590	130
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$33,860 – $77,440	100
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,010	$31,740 – $61,930	960
9	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,220	$30,530 – $58,160	40
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,770	$34,080 – $60,370	130
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,080	$33,870 – $59,600	320
12	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,970	$34,710 – $60,010	50
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$40,700	$31,680 – $54,170	50
14	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,160	$31,750 – $57,830	100
15	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,890	$22,880 – $64,940	80
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,880	$27,690 – $63,250	130
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$29,820 – $50,160	150
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,160	$29,470 – $54,540	620
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,600	$33,860 – $49,840	170
20	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,580	$32,660 – $48,990	70
21	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$31,130 – $53,060	80
22	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,640	$27,990 – $51,570	720
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,500	$30,150 – $50,720	1,860
24	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$33,220 – $42,030	90
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,100	$25,270 – $53,050	1,900
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,060	$27,920 – $54,170	50
27	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,830	$34,140 – $42,790	280
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,260	$30,320 – $38,170	260
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,000	$25,620 – $42,560	630
30	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,020	$27,560 – $37,760	30
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,760	$23,360 – $33,580	160

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