High paying office and admin jobs in Mankato, MN with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Mankato, MN 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 Mankato, MN run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Mankato, MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Mankato, MN · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$74,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,250 – $98,18080
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$71,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,540 – $97,550360
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$70,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,940 – $73,88030
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$64,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,750 – $78,510130
5Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$62,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,240 – $77,66060
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$60,530
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,03040
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$58,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,650 – $71,20060
8Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040100
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$56,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,900 – $77,150100
10Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$53,910
Associate's degree
$40,700 – $68,20050
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $61,640660
12Billing and Posting Clerks$50,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,350 – $66,11060
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,750
Some college, no degree
$39,120 – $73,440490
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,190 – $66,43050
15Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $59,770350
16Office Clerks, General$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,320 – $64,1101,080
17Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$47,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,450 – $51,53050
18Customer Service Representatives$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,590 – $67,0801,030
19Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,500 – $74,48070
20Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$47,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $62,25040
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $64,540300
22New Accounts Clerks$45,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $57,25030
23Tellers$38,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,630 – $47,450120
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,680 – $49,900190
25Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,730 – $36,85090

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

#	Occupation	MedianMankato, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,880	$56,250 – $98,180	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,310	$49,540 – $97,550	360
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,190	$59,940 – $73,880	30
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,480	$45,750 – $78,510	130
5	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,770	$52,240 – $77,660	60
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$47,440 – $75,030	40
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,860	$46,650 – $71,200	60
8	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	100
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,940	$46,900 – $77,150	100
10	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$53,910	$40,700 – $68,200	50
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,410	$38,370 – $61,640	660
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,790	$45,350 – $66,110	60
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,750	$39,120 – $73,440	490
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$41,190 – $66,430	50
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,160	$39,630 – $59,770	350
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$33,320 – $64,110	1,080
17	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,750	$40,450 – $51,530	50
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$30,590 – $67,080	1,030
19	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,300	$34,500 – $74,480	70
20	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,050	$37,030 – $62,250	40
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,580	$34,850 – $64,540	300
22	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,700	$39,000 – $57,250	30
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,570	$35,630 – $47,450	120
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,950	$26,680 – $49,900	190
25	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,900	$28,730 – $36,850	90

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