High paying office and admin jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN run 4.3% below the national average (2024), so a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$74,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,860 – $107,3508,670
2Postal Service Clerks$64,670
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,030360
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,980
4Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,940 – $100,4302,140
5Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$60,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $79,0401,150
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $81,1102,800
7Information and Record Clerks, All Other$59,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $89,6101,450
8Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$57,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,600 – $59,7501,510
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $81,1401,690
10Brokerage Clerks$53,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,850 – $71,430520
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$52,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $74,4502,380
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,360 – $72,0301,520
13Cargo and Freight Agents$48,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,060 – $85,740580
14Public Safety Telecommunicators$48,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,240 – $62,140370
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,750
Some college, no degree
$34,480 – $68,76010,000
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $61,03010,280
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,400
Associate's degree
$34,240 – $63,040890
18Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,580 – $67,080700
19Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,420 – $62,5101,050
20Billing and Posting Clerks$47,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $62,5602,820
21Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$47,170
No formal educational credential
$39,560 – $75,0302,080
22Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,390 – $61,7406,280
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,200 – $58,2008,260
24Office Clerks, General$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,440 – $64,99018,280
25Bill and Account Collectors$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $58,7101,120
26Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $58,1101,000
27Order Clerks$44,720
Some college, no degree
$37,530 – $62,380670
28Customer Service Representatives$43,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,790 – $64,15017,830
29Tellers$43,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $45,8302,160
30Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$41,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,600 – $51,500700
31Data Entry Keyers$40,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,000 – $56,630850
32Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$40,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,810 – $76,830390
33Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$40,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,960 – $53,7701,600
34Couriers and Messengers$38,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $53,210520
35File Clerks$38,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $58,050590
36Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,310 – $47,8405,830
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,200 – $37,4501,640
38Library Assistants, Clerical$25,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,730 – $36,600350

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

#	Occupation	MedianIndianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,680	$46,860 – $107,350	8,670
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,670	$55,350 – $75,030	360
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	1,980
4	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,580	$44,940 – $100,430	2,140
5	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,730	$38,960 – $79,040	1,150
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,810	$40,700 – $81,110	2,800
7	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,730	$38,880 – $89,610	1,450
8	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,510	$48,600 – $59,750	1,510
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,450	$39,630 – $81,140	1,690
10	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,090	$39,850 – $71,430	520
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,070	$39,280 – $74,450	2,380
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,060	$36,360 – $72,030	1,520
13	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,990	$40,060 – $85,740	580
14	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,890	$41,240 – $62,140	370
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,750	$34,480 – $68,760	10,000
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,650	$37,240 – $61,030	10,280
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,400	$34,240 – $63,040	890
18	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$30,580 – $67,080	700
19	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,530	$35,420 – $62,510	1,050
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,300	$37,330 – $62,560	2,820
21	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$47,170	$39,560 – $75,030	2,080
22	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$32,390 – $61,740	6,280
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,030	$37,200 – $58,200	8,260
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$30,440 – $64,990	18,280
25	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$35,570 – $58,710	1,120
26	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,890	$37,150 – $58,110	1,000
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,720	$37,530 – $62,380	670
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,460	$31,790 – $64,150	17,830
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,030	$37,020 – $45,830	2,160
30	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,800	$29,600 – $51,500	700
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,550	$32,000 – $56,630	850
32	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,190	$34,810 – $76,830	390
33	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,160	$31,960 – $53,770	1,600
34	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,730	$34,660 – $53,210	520
35	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,130	$35,390 – $58,050	590
36	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$24,310 – $47,840	5,830
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,500	$29,200 – $37,450	1,640
38	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,890	$21,730 – $36,600	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. 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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