High paying office and admin jobs in Jefferson City, MO with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Jefferson City, MO 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 Jefferson City, MO run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jefferson City, MO salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Jefferson City, MO · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040150
2Postal Service Clerks$58,470
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03050
3Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$55,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $70,300440
4Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$55,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,680 – $80,880250
5First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$55,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,030 – $88,900640
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$51,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $93,410170
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,070 – $73,52070
8Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,050 – $70,08050
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,440 – $68,99080
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,550 – $74,980160
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$46,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $60,15090
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,180
Some college, no degree
$35,610 – $60,500590
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,180
Associate's degree
$40,160 – $58,28070
14Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,730 – $60,27050
15Billing and Posting Clerks$43,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $62,690130
16Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$42,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $57,060110
17Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$42,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $53,960470
18Procurement Clerks$41,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,300 – $64,94050
19Order Clerks$41,210
Some college, no degree
$39,180 – $47,66050
20Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $64,330180
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $55,8701,880
22Office Clerks, General$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,500 – $61,3501,600
23Customer Service Representatives$38,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,090 – $57,8601,360
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,140 – $48,000170
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$37,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,180 – $58,190380
26Tellers$36,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $47,410370
27Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $45,52040
28Bill and Account Collectors$35,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $55,13090
29Word Processors and Typists$35,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $41,87040
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $44,280410
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $35,34090

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

#	Occupation	MedianJefferson City, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	150
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$42,600 – $75,030	50
3	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,740	$38,650 – $70,300	440
4	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,740	$41,680 – $80,880	250
5	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,520	$41,030 – $88,900	640
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,400	$36,230 – $93,410	170
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,420	$32,070 – $73,520	70
8	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,630	$35,050 – $70,080	50
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,920	$35,440 – $68,990	80
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$37,550 – $74,980	160
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,430	$38,290 – $60,150	90
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,180	$35,610 – $60,500	590
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,180	$40,160 – $58,280	70
14	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,870	$37,730 – $60,270	50
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,280	$33,840 – $62,690	130
16	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,930	$35,030 – $57,060	110
17	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,240	$38,900 – $53,960	470
18	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,400	$36,300 – $64,940	50
19	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$41,210	$39,180 – $47,660	50
20	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,020	$30,320 – $64,330	180
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,980	$35,170 – $55,870	1,880
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$30,500 – $61,350	1,600
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,990	$33,090 – $57,860	1,360
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,920	$34,140 – $48,000	170
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,880	$33,180 – $58,190	380
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,330	$30,160 – $47,410	370
27	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,550	$28,600 – $45,520	40
28	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,520	$28,600 – $55,130	90
29	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,030	$35,030 – $41,870	40
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,510	$28,600 – $44,280	410
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,220	$28,600 – $35,340	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Jefferson City, MO. 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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