High paying office and admin jobs in Lima, OH with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Lima, OH 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 Lima, OH run 10.3% below the national average (2024), so a Lima, OH salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Lima, OH · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$62,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,180 – $99,09080
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,240 – $85,090330
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $97,460150
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$46,030 – $81,040120
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,450 – $80,03050
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$52,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,390 – $71,86050
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,170 – $58,49090
8Order Clerks$47,430
Some college, no degree
$31,110 – $58,86030
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,570
Some college, no degree
$35,360 – $64,960430
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $66,01030
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $64,37060
12Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $59,26050
13Billing and Posting Clerks$45,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $57,210150
14Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $57,010340
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,160 – $62,230490
16Customer Service Representatives$42,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,380 – $60,370460
17Office Clerks, General$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,320 – $61,780730
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,570 – $48,450420
19Tellers$38,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $48,080160
20Data Entry Keyers$36,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,150 – $55,55030
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,460 – $43,400370
22Bill and Account Collectors$35,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,930 – $60,42060
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,220 – $34,14070

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

#	Occupation	MedianLima, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,010	$45,180 – $99,090	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,900	$44,240 – $85,090	330
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,230	$39,420 – $97,460	150
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$46,030 – $81,040	120
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,280	$38,450 – $80,030	50
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,110	$30,390 – $71,860	50
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$30,170 – $58,490	90
8	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,430	$31,110 – $58,860	30
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,570	$35,360 – $64,960	430
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$42,210 – $66,010	30
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,610	$31,750 – $64,370	60
12	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$36,710 – $59,260	50
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,170	$35,100 – $57,210	150
14	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,130	$35,900 – $57,010	340
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,460	$32,160 – $62,230	490
16	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,340	$28,380 – $60,370	460
17	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$27,320 – $61,780	730
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,090	$36,570 – $48,450	420
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,070	$35,280 – $48,080	160
20	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,600	$28,150 – $55,550	30
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,600	$26,460 – $43,400	370
22	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,410	$29,930 – $60,420	60
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,640	$24,220 – $34,140	70

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