High paying office and admin jobs in Jackson, MI with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Jackson, MI 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 Jackson, MI run 8.2% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, MI 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, Jackson, MI · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$71,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,010 – $95,170130
2Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$70,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,520 – $70,66090
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,760 – $97,070410
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,370 – $88,850120
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040180
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $75,70050
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,690
Some college, no degree
$34,810 – $64,440500
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $62,23080
9Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $64,430530
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $60,530100
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $58,29050
12Billing and Posting Clerks$46,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $60,900150
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $64,22060
14Data Entry Keyers$45,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,000 – $59,99030
15Office Clerks, General$44,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $60,890990
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,440 – $57,840380
17Customer Service Representatives$42,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,140 – $60,780830
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $48,080300
19Bill and Account Collectors$38,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,820 – $64,11070
20Tellers$37,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $46,240220
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,880 – $47,620280
22Library Assistants, Clerical$34,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,750 – $42,16040
23Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$29,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,290 – $64,440130

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,890	$51,010 – $95,170	130
2	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,660	$47,520 – $70,660	90
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,560	$42,760 – $97,070	410
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,700	$46,370 – $88,850	120
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	180
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,630	$33,360 – $75,700	50
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,690	$34,810 – $64,440	500
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$38,100 – $62,230	80
9	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,020	$34,510 – $64,430	530
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,750	$38,230 – $60,530	100
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,400	$37,530 – $58,290	50
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,250	$37,820 – $60,900	150
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,980	$36,110 – $64,220	60
14	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,970	$32,000 – $59,990	30
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,260	$30,160 – $60,890	990
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,830	$35,440 – $57,840	380
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,230	$30,140 – $60,780	830
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,740	$37,110 – $48,080	300
19	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,860	$34,820 – $64,110	70
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,750	$35,940 – $46,240	220
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$27,880 – $47,620	280
22	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,120	$27,750 – $42,160	40
23	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,290	$29,290 – $64,440	130

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