High paying office and admin jobs in Kankakee, IL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Kankakee, IL 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 Kankakee, IL run 3.6% below the national average (2024), so a Kankakee, IL 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, Kankakee, IL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$67,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,870 – $106,25060
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$61,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,160 – $78,89050
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $89,980220
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,030
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040120
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$55,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $84,790100
6Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,600 – $83,31040
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $58,06050
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,240
Some college, no degree
$35,140 – $64,490400
9Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,550 – $63,240540
10Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$44,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $64,90080
11Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $62,460240
12Billing and Posting Clerks$41,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,000 – $53,730180
13Customer Service Representatives$40,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $63,310480
14Office Clerks, General$40,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $59,990560
15Data Entry Keyers$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $46,71070
16Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $48,830320
17Tellers$37,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $44,630140
18Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $44,720310
19Library Assistants, Clerical$33,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $39,240130
20Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $35,35060

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

#	Occupation	MedianKankakee, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,450	$48,870 – $106,250	60
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,010	$48,160 – $78,890	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,020	$39,630 – $89,980	220
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,030	$42,390 – $81,040	120
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,580	$36,240 – $84,790	100
6	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$33,600 – $83,310	40
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,560	$38,100 – $58,060	50
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,240	$35,140 – $64,490	400
9	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$32,550 – $63,240	540
10	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,600	$37,960 – $64,900	80
11	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,240	$34,490 – $62,460	240
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,290	$37,000 – $53,730	180
13	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,490	$31,200 – $63,310	480
14	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,450	$31,200 – $59,990	560
15	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$37,490 – $46,710	70
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,660	$37,660 – $48,830	320
17	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,360	$32,930 – $44,630	140
18	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,620	$31,200 – $44,720	310
19	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,290	$31,200 – $39,240	130
20	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,400	$31,200 – $35,350	60

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