High paying office and admin jobs in Harrisonburg, VA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Harrisonburg, VA 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 Harrisonburg, VA run 5.1% below the national average (2024), so a Harrisonburg, VA 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, Harrisonburg, VA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,030 – $97,110540
2Postal Service Clerks$64,670
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740130
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$58,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,480 – $80,66080
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,850 – $69,78050
6Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$56,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,380 – $87,140120
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$54,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $78,790140
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,660
Associate's degree
$39,410 – $60,58050
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $65,45060
10Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,250 – $60,65080
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,090
Some college, no degree
$34,610 – $64,740500
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $60,88050
13Billing and Posting Clerks$46,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $63,390100
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $60,380560
15Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$44,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $59,69040
16Office Clerks, General$44,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,100 – $58,7101,060
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $48,040260
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,800 – $57,340640
19Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$43,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,410 – $54,87060
20Tellers$39,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,450 – $46,120140
21Customer Service Representatives$39,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,640 – $63,060660
22Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $63,95040
23Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $58,280110
24Order Clerks$37,380
Some college, no degree
$35,970 – $52,77030
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,340 – $48,520390
26Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,250 – $36,330140
27File Clerks$25,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $50,03070

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

#	Occupation	MedianHarrisonburg, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,800	$45,030 – $97,110	540
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,670	$42,600 – $75,030	40
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$42,390 – $83,740	130
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,040	$42,480 – $80,660	80
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,800	$44,850 – $69,780	50
6	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,380	$27,380 – $87,140	120
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,870	$38,230 – $78,790	140
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,660	$39,410 – $60,580	50
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,900	$38,090 – $65,450	60
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$41,250 – $60,650	80
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,090	$34,610 – $64,740	500
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$37,410 – $60,880	50
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,920	$37,240 – $63,390	100
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,690	$35,250 – $60,380	560
15	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,880	$34,990 – $59,690	40
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,060	$30,100 – $58,710	1,060
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,580	$37,380 – $48,040	260
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,530	$35,800 – $57,340	640
19	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,040	$40,410 – $54,870	60
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,880	$35,450 – $46,120	140
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,100	$30,640 – $63,060	660
22	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,120	$34,930 – $63,950	40
23	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$37,320 – $58,280	110
24	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$37,380	$35,970 – $52,770	30
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,220	$29,340 – $48,520	390
26	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,950	$28,250 – $36,330	140
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,810	$25,810 – $50,030	70

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