High paying office and admin jobs in Iowa City, IA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Iowa City, IA 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 Iowa City, IA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa City, IA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Iowa City, IA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$66,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,910 – $104,380600
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,890
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040150
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$62,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,420 – $77,060430
4Information and Record Clerks, All Other$58,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,350 – $64,94080
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$57,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,480 – $72,11070
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$57,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,620 – $66,01040
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $70,61040
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$55,650
Associate's degree
$35,990 – $68,62040
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$54,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,230 – $79,180130
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$53,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,110 – $80,040130
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,490 – $98,68070
12Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $63,1901,290
13Billing and Posting Clerks$50,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,670 – $65,650470
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,220
Some college, no degree
$34,300 – $70,270660
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,020 – $59,75040
16Procurement Clerks$48,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,230 – $58,280120
17Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $60,740790
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,880 – $61,120320
19Office Clerks, General$46,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $62,3001,230
20Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $59,16040
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $62,780630
22New Accounts Clerks$45,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,080 – $47,84090
23Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$43,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,190 – $50,73040
24Customer Service Representatives$42,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $65,7201,190
25Tellers$40,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $56,980230
26Data Entry Keyers$40,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $54,96040
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,820 – $49,050300
28Library Assistants, Clerical$33,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,340 – $62,660190
29Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,340 – $37,840200

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa City, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,430	$43,910 – $104,380	600
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,890	$42,390 – $81,040	150
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,740	$48,420 – $77,060	430
4	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,430	$44,350 – $64,940	80
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,320	$40,480 – $72,110	70
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,310	$50,620 – $66,010	40
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,430	$40,630 – $70,610	40
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$55,650	$35,990 – $68,620	40
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,140	$43,230 – $79,180	130
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,850	$41,110 – $80,040	130
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,880	$29,490 – $98,680	70
12	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,130	$39,000 – $63,190	1,290
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,050	$44,670 – $65,650	470
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,220	$34,300 – $70,270	660
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,060	$36,020 – $59,750	40
16	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,870	$44,230 – $58,280	120
17	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$29,140 – $60,740	790
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$34,880 – $61,120	320
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,480	$31,200 – $62,300	1,230
20	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$38,620 – $59,160	40
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$35,250 – $62,780	630
22	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,280	$39,080 – $47,840	90
23	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,240	$27,190 – $50,730	40
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,340	$28,960 – $65,720	1,190
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,680	$36,480 – $56,980	230
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,260	$24,960 – $54,960	40
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,740	$28,820 – $49,050	300
28	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,690	$27,340 – $62,660	190
29	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,290	$27,340 – $37,840	200

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