High paying office and admin jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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, Memphis, TN-MS-AR · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$71,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,560 – $105,8608,710
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,250 – $93,270870
3Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030220
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,910
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,270
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,690 – $83,0802,430
6Cargo and Freight Agents$55,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,790 – $95,2201,670
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$54,330
No formal educational credential
$40,600 – $75,2801,260
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$53,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $73,270410
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $75,460520
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $77,9501,070
11Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,330 – $67,2002,230
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,490
Associate's degree
$38,850 – $61,340960
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,400
Some college, no degree
$35,550 – $66,9206,320
14Billing and Posting Clerks$46,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $63,4001,290
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,160 – $63,3705,500
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $61,2707,370
17Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $65,010450
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $63,510650
19Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$44,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,590 – $69,990630
20Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $59,950640
21Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$44,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,180 – $58,910580
22Customer Service Representatives$44,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $60,4709,360
23Couriers and Messengers$44,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,450 – $44,8701,100
24Bill and Account Collectors$43,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,590 – $63,140450
25File Clerks$43,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,360 – $56,320400
26Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$41,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,660 – $58,410780
27Data Entry Keyers$41,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $57,210550
28Order Clerks$40,770
Some college, no degree
$31,560 – $50,190540
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $50,510330
30Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$40,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $56,540720
31Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,050 – $58,1107,180
32Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,960 – $81,660210
33Office Clerks, General$38,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,380 – $58,3909,060
34Tellers$38,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,260 – $47,3501,060
35Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,110 – $46,0102,100
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,840 – $35,5601,170

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

#	Occupation	MedianMemphis, TN-MS-AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,310	$44,560 – $105,860	8,710
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,610	$49,250 – $93,270	870
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $75,030	220
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,910	$42,390 – $81,040	1,270
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,030	$39,690 – $83,080	2,430
6	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,930	$46,790 – $95,220	1,670
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$54,330	$40,600 – $75,280	1,260
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,820	$37,330 – $73,270	410
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,420	$36,710 – $75,460	520
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,080	$35,980 – $77,950	1,070
11	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$40,330 – $67,200	2,230
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,490	$38,850 – $61,340	960
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,400	$35,550 – $66,920	6,320
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,340	$36,260 – $63,400	1,290
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$28,160 – $63,370	5,500
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,800	$35,880 – $61,270	7,370
17	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$36,740 – $65,010	450
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,010	$35,350 – $63,510	650
19	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,630	$30,590 – $69,990	630
20	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$36,820 – $59,950	640
21	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,110	$38,180 – $58,910	580
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,090	$31,570 – $60,470	9,360
23	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,040	$36,450 – $44,870	1,100
24	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,820	$33,590 – $63,140	450
25	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,000	$32,360 – $56,320	400
26	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,660	$27,660 – $58,410	780
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,270	$30,520 – $57,210	550
28	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$40,770	$31,560 – $50,190	540
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$34,980 – $50,510	330
30	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,510	$36,380 – $56,540	720
31	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,940	$34,050 – $58,110	7,180
32	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$32,960 – $81,660	210
33	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,610	$28,380 – $58,390	9,060
34	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,260	$31,260 – $47,350	1,060
35	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,530	$24,110 – $46,010	2,100
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,270	$24,840 – $35,560	1,170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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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