High paying office and admin jobs in Hammond, LA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Hammond, LA 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 Hammond, LA run 15.5% below the national average (2024), so a Hammond, LA salary is worth about 1.18× 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, Hammond, LA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$66,600
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $78,35030
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740140
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,810 – $101,57040
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$56,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $85,090480
5Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$55,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,160 – $80,560110
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,140 – $64,94030
7Financial Clerks, All Other$50,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,790 – $55,77040
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,140 – $60,75050
9Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,680 – $55,31030
10Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,500 – $73,270100
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,160 – $58,42040
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,430 – $60,32070
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$43,680
Some college, no degree
$28,530 – $61,870380
14Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,780 – $60,630210
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$43,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,090 – $64,89060
16Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$42,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $51,850140
17Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$41,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,880 – $45,080180
18Billing and Posting Clerks$39,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $54,210150
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $55,370100
20Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,740 – $46,52040
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$35,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,150 – $49,840790
22Tellers$35,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,250 – $44,14080
23Order Clerks$35,140
Some college, no degree
$29,920 – $49,40050
24Customer Service Representatives$34,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,210 – $47,060570
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,500 – $41,720280
26Public Safety Telecommunicators$31,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,570 – $50,94050
27Office Clerks, General$30,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,760 – $48,370650
28Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$24,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,630 – $28,80080

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

#	Occupation	MedianHammond, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$66,600	$42,600 – $78,350	30
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $83,740	140
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,290	$39,810 – $101,570	40
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,150	$36,040 – $85,090	480
5	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,640	$40,160 – $80,560	110
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,520	$33,140 – $64,940	30
7	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,420	$30,790 – $55,770	40
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,370	$34,140 – $60,750	50
9	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,910	$29,680 – $55,310	30
10	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,590	$28,500 – $73,270	100
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,480	$32,160 – $58,420	40
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,160	$28,430 – $60,320	70
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,680	$28,530 – $61,870	380
14	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,510	$31,780 – $60,630	210
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,480	$32,090 – $64,890	60
16	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,410	$35,360 – $51,850	140
17	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,390	$29,880 – $45,080	180
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,880	$31,750 – $54,210	150
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$30,560 – $55,370	100
20	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$33,740 – $46,520	40
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,880	$24,150 – $49,840	790
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,390	$28,250 – $44,140	80
23	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$35,140	$29,920 – $49,400	50
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,950	$25,210 – $47,060	570
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$21,500 – $41,720	280
26	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,930	$29,570 – $50,940	50
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,980	$20,760 – $48,370	650
28	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,340	$18,630 – $28,800	80

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