High paying office and admin jobs in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,430 – $104,420780
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$64,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,260 – $84,980180
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040190
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,260 – $76,810250
5Postal Service Clerks$58,880
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$52,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,240 – $71,780100
7Information and Record Clerks, All Other$52,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $64,46050
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,540 – $58,77070
9Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,830 – $75,480100
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,620 – $63,810110
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,400
Some college, no degree
$32,750 – $70,830930
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $60,69050
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,480 – $66,6901,310
14Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $59,120530
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,420
Associate's degree
$38,880 – $56,33060
16Billing and Posting Clerks$46,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $62,400180
17Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $56,10050
18Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$44,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,040 – $61,43080
19Bill and Account Collectors$44,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,250 – $59,28040
20Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,780 – $63,82050
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $56,880450
22Office Clerks, General$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,180 – $63,2702,040
23Customer Service Representatives$41,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,790 – $60,300900
24Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$40,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $54,21060
25New Accounts Clerks$39,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,330 – $50,92050
26Data Entry Keyers$38,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,940 – $55,34040
27Tellers$37,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,670 – $50,750230
28Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,340 – $48,130490
29Library Assistants, Clerical$32,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,130 – $65,78070
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,740 – $35,870180

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

#	Occupation	MedianLafayette-West Lafayette, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,600	$48,430 – $104,420	780
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,970	$50,260 – $84,980	180
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	190
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,200	$43,260 – $76,810	250
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$58,880	$42,600 – $75,030	40
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,920	$39,240 – $71,780	100
7	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,350	$37,840 – $64,460	50
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,980	$47,540 – $58,770	70
9	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,360	$36,830 – $75,480	100
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,750	$34,620 – $63,810	110
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,400	$32,750 – $70,830	930
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,060	$38,780 – $60,690	50
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,270	$32,480 – $66,690	1,310
14	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,890	$36,070 – $59,120	530
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,420	$38,880 – $56,330	60
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,200	$36,310 – $62,400	180
17	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$36,070 – $56,100	50
18	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,870	$34,040 – $61,430	80
19	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,580	$37,250 – $59,280	40
20	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,150	$31,780 – $63,820	50
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,840	$36,120 – $56,880	450
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$31,180 – $63,270	2,040
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,090	$29,790 – $60,300	900
24	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,190	$34,590 – $54,210	60
25	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,330	$39,330 – $50,920	50
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,970	$26,940 – $55,340	40
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,940	$35,670 – $50,750	230
28	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,110	$22,340 – $48,130	490
29	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,060	$20,130 – $65,780	70
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,380	$23,740 – $35,870	180

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. 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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