High paying office and admin jobs in Ithaca, NY with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Ithaca, NY 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 Ithaca, NY run 3.3% above the national average (2024), so a Ithaca, NY salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Ithaca, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$73,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,940 – $93,170550
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$69,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,120 – $85,930590
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$66,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,330 – $78,60030
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$63,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,870 – $63,65050
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,540
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040110
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,710 – $89,040160
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$56,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $80,14050
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,140
Associate's degree
$40,050 – $71,10070
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,610
Some college, no degree
$38,710 – $72,610490
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,430 – $71,53040
11Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$49,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $55,42050
12Billing and Posting Clerks$48,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,760 – $66,560180
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,970 – $60,310900
14Word Processors and Typists$46,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $63,65040
15Customer Service Representatives$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $63,110650
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,430 – $63,860110
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$43,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $72,24040
18Tellers$40,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $45,580120
19Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,480 – $51,740300
20Library Assistants, Clerical$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $63,05050
21Office Clerks, General$37,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $59,270860
22Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $43,790100

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

#	Occupation	MedianIthaca, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,640	$51,940 – $93,170	550
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,310	$62,120 – $85,930	590
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,250	$53,330 – $78,600	30
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,650	$51,870 – $63,650	50
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,540	$42,390 – $81,040	110
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,990	$40,710 – $89,040	160
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,740	$40,630 – $80,140	50
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,140	$40,050 – $71,100	70
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,610	$38,710 – $72,610	490
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,030	$44,430 – $71,530	40
11	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,660	$37,940 – $55,420	50
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,060	$41,760 – $66,560	180
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,990	$38,970 – $60,310	900
14	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,810	$35,170 – $63,650	40
15	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$34,510 – $63,110	650
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,810	$36,430 – $63,860	110
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,890	$34,430 – $72,240	40
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,020	$36,880 – $45,580	120
19	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,400	$33,480 – $51,740	300
20	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$34,690 – $63,050	50
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,380	$32,240 – $59,270	860
22	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,990	$32,940 – $43,790	100

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