High paying office and admin jobs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI · Employed

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$66,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,520 – $70,660490
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,650 – $92,340970
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,820 – $99,9904,110
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,990 – $83,7201,430
5Postal Service Clerks$61,570
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030200
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,120
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$47,170 – $75,280650
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,630 – $76,330530
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,930 – $73,440260
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,930 – $83,130860
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,160 – $63,230640
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,880 – $74,870280
13Bill and Account Collectors$49,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $63,590340
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,550
Some college, no degree
$37,440 – $65,5305,070
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,970
Associate's degree
$36,570 – $62,310220
16Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $60,060580
17Billing and Posting Clerks$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,870 – $60,7201,320
18Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,920 – $61,340690
19Order Clerks$46,990
Some college, no degree
$35,350 – $71,330380
20New Accounts Clerks$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,140 – $57,160230
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $62,1804,710
22Office Clerks, General$45,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,820 – $61,05011,310
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,170 – $58,9304,710
24Cargo and Freight Agents$45,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,750 – $94,850260
25Customer Service Representatives$44,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,210 – $63,3409,010
26Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$42,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $54,800600
27Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,050 – $50,5103,640
28Data Entry Keyers$40,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,780 – $58,170290
29Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$39,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,920 – $70,010280
30Tellers$37,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $48,2601,640
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,110 – $49,2903,130
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,270 – $43,400750
33Library Assistants, Clerical$30,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $42,960240

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

#	Occupation	MedianGrand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,750	$49,520 – $70,660	490
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,090	$49,650 – $92,340	970
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,840	$45,820 – $99,990	4,110
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,170	$44,990 – $83,720	1,430
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$42,600 – $75,030	200
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,880	$42,390 – $81,040	1,120
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$47,170 – $75,280	650
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,210	$32,630 – $76,330	530
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,800	$40,930 – $73,440	260
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,400	$30,930 – $83,130	860
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,250	$40,160 – $63,230	640
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,070	$37,880 – $74,870	280
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,040	$36,470 – $63,590	340
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,550	$37,440 – $65,530	5,070
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,970	$36,570 – $62,310	220
16	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,630	$37,380 – $60,060	580
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$37,870 – $60,720	1,320
18	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$28,920 – $61,340	690
19	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,990	$35,350 – $71,330	380
20	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$38,140 – $57,160	230
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$34,650 – $62,180	4,710
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,320	$30,820 – $61,050	11,310
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$36,170 – $58,930	4,710
24	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,060	$38,750 – $94,850	260
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,990	$30,210 – $63,340	9,010
26	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,070	$36,260 – $54,800	600
27	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,180	$37,050 – $50,510	3,640
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,630	$32,780 – $58,170	290
29	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,590	$29,920 – $70,010	280
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,740	$36,510 – $48,260	1,640
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,170	$29,110 – $49,290	3,130
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,190	$29,270 – $43,400	750
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,430	$25,960 – $42,960	240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, 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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