High paying office and admin jobs in Knoxville, TN with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Knoxville, TN 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 Knoxville, TN run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a Knoxville, TN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Knoxville, TN · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$67,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,610 – $103,820570
2Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,030160
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,010 – $102,9406,170
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,910
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040990
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030480
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$52,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $77,980500
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $81,4001,710
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $70,920550
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,090 – $69,930330
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,320
Some college, no degree
$35,160 – $65,0904,510
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,730 – $64,3904,790
12Procurement Clerks$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $61,340370
13Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $55,760180
14Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,820 – $59,9102,350
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,030
Associate's degree
$35,240 – $61,560500
16Billing and Posting Clerks$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $59,140920
17Public Safety Telecommunicators$44,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,730 – $58,760190
18Meter Readers, Utilities$44,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $71,310180
19Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,070 – $62,780480
20Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $65,890160
21Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,860 – $66,990630
22Couriers and Messengers$42,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $43,940620
23Cargo and Freight Agents$42,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,500 – $75,090280
24File Clerks$41,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,670 – $60,730240
25Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $59,510780
26Order Clerks$39,330
Some college, no degree
$30,910 – $53,280270
27Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$39,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $58,410440
28Data Entry Keyers$38,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $51,810340
29Customer Service Representatives$38,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,650 – $60,3006,640
30Bill and Account Collectors$38,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $49,960440
31Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $58,1206,280
32Office Clerks, General$37,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,120 – $55,4006,460
33Tellers$37,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,630 – $44,6101,070
34Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$36,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $78,490150
35Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,310 – $44,3001,620
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $37,380880

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

#	Occupation	MedianKnoxville, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,310	$47,610 – $103,820	570
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$54,330 – $75,030	160
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,580	$43,010 – $102,940	6,170
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,910	$42,390 – $81,040	990
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$42,600 – $75,030	480
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,910	$37,020 – $77,980	500
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,870	$38,520 – $81,400	1,710
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,290	$34,850 – $70,920	550
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,860	$34,090 – $69,930	330
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,320	$35,160 – $65,090	4,510
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,000	$29,730 – $64,390	4,790
12	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$34,850 – $61,340	370
13	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,330	$35,140 – $55,760	180
14	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,320	$31,820 – $59,910	2,350
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,030	$35,240 – $61,560	500
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$37,110 – $59,140	920
17	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,700	$30,730 – $58,760	190
18	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,700	$31,410 – $71,310	180
19	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$30,070 – $62,780	480
20	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,420	$32,940 – $65,890	160
21	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,090	$34,860 – $66,990	630
22	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,610	$34,670 – $43,940	620
23	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,160	$33,500 – $75,090	280
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,720	$26,670 – $60,730	240
25	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$29,210 – $59,510	780
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$39,330	$30,910 – $53,280	270
27	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,240	$36,470 – $58,410	440
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,990	$28,550 – $51,810	340
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,840	$29,650 – $60,300	6,640
30	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,750	$30,010 – $49,960	440
31	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,420	$31,750 – $58,120	6,280
32	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,920	$26,120 – $55,400	6,460
33	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,090	$31,630 – $44,610	1,070
34	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,820	$35,340 – $78,490	150
35	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,620	$25,310 – $44,300	1,620
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,970	$24,160 – $37,380	880

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