High paying office and admin jobs in Kennewick-Richland, WA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Kennewick-Richland, WA 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 Kennewick-Richland, WA run 0.1% above the national average (2024), so a Kennewick-Richland, WA salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Kennewick-Richland, WA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$80,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,670 – $100,160340
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$78,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,320 – $78,99050
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$75,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,290 – $113,1301,180
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$66,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,320 – $74,710130
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$63,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,270 – $77,230110
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,250 – $106,480310
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$62,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,230 – $75,210110
8Procurement Clerks$61,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,890 – $97,580100
9Postal Service Clerks$59,970
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$57,290
Some college, no degree
$42,540 – $73,9001,070
11Postal Service Mail Carriers$56,660
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040280
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$54,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $76,030190
13Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$54,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $81,000100
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$53,620
Associate's degree
$43,310 – $69,46090
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$53,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,770 – $73,6101,450
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$52,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,830 – $65,860160
17Billing and Posting Clerks$52,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,880 – $63,250370
18Library Assistants, Clerical$51,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,450 – $56,910140
19Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$51,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $61,050100
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $71,310350
21Office Clerks, General$49,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $71,6101,930
22Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,110 – $66,060110
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $61,210560
24Bill and Account Collectors$46,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,630 – $62,390130
25Tellers$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $59,380490
26Customer Service Representatives$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,010 – $62,6601,290
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $55,1101,080
28Data Entry Keyers$41,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $70,25050
29Couriers and Messengers$39,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,870 – $45,64050
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$38,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $45,750240

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

#	Occupation	MedianKennewick-Richland, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,090	$59,670 – $100,160	340
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,030	$62,320 – $78,990	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,640	$55,290 – $113,130	1,180
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,000	$51,320 – $74,710	130
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,270	$48,270 – $77,230	110
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,940	$42,250 – $106,480	310
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,430	$47,230 – $75,210	110
8	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,170	$43,890 – $97,580	100
9	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,970	$42,600 – $76,360	50
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$57,290	$42,540 – $73,900	1,070
11	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$56,660	$42,390 – $81,040	280
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,200	$39,480 – $76,030	190
13	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,190	$40,700 – $81,000	100
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$53,620	$43,310 – $69,460	90
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,140	$43,770 – $73,610	1,450
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,160	$45,830 – $65,860	160
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,150	$42,880 – $63,250	370
18	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,460	$37,450 – $56,910	140
19	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,150	$39,830 – $61,050	100
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,780	$43,920 – $71,310	350
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,470	$37,980 – $71,610	1,930
22	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,950	$35,110 – $66,060	110
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$37,320 – $61,210	560
24	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,320	$35,630 – $62,390	130
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$39,900 – $59,380	490
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$38,010 – $62,660	1,290
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,530	$35,510 – $55,110	1,080
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,980	$36,110 – $70,250	50
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,710	$37,870 – $45,640	50
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,110	$37,230 – $45,750	240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kennewick-Richland, WA. 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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