High paying office and admin jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$73,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $102,1805,090
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,380 – $103,99026,510
3Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030880
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$44,160 – $81,0405,720
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,870 – $78,9602,750
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,430
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,2802,400
7Public Safety Telecommunicators$57,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $99,4101,710
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $80,0805,610
9Procurement Clerks$51,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $63,080890
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,300
Some college, no degree
$36,950 – $73,29025,910
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,370 – $94,5204,210
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $72,8402,400
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,970 – $61,8803,350
14Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,840 – $65,7102,510
15Cargo and Freight Agents$48,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $73,6804,620
16Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $68,4503,350
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,280 – $62,87033,380
18Bill and Account Collectors$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $64,3303,990
19Billing and Posting Clerks$46,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,170 – $63,6108,680
20Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $72,2703,550
21File Clerks$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,420 – $60,3501,920
22Tellers$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $62,4503,400
23Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$45,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $66,5606,730
24Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,150 – $59,6301,840
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,190 – $58,64027,020
26Office Clerks, General$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,880 – $66,93061,160
27Order Clerks$42,340
Some college, no degree
$35,810 – $57,2401,040
28Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,780 – $61,13014,060
29Data Entry Keyers$40,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,430 – $53,8002,290
30Customer Service Representatives$39,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $60,65063,440
31Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$39,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,960 – $80,1106,750
32Library Assistants, Clerical$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $47,6501,080
33Couriers and Messengers$37,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $46,8301,770
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,360 – $46,98019,850
35Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$37,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $60,8801,640
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $44,6106,860
37Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$35,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,770 – $41,9801,270

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,180	$45,640 – $102,180	5,090
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,550	$44,380 – $103,990	26,510
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $75,030	880
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$44,160 – $81,040	5,720
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,450	$30,870 – $78,960	2,750
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$45,530 – $75,280	2,400
7	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,110	$39,170 – $99,410	1,710
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,070	$35,250 – $80,080	5,610
9	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,070	$38,100 – $63,080	890
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,300	$36,950 – $73,290	25,910
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,620	$30,370 – $94,520	4,210
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,410	$37,090 – $72,840	2,400
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$36,970 – $61,880	3,350
14	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$38,840 – $65,710	2,510
15	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,150	$37,270 – $73,680	4,620
16	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$38,100 – $68,450	3,350
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,450	$34,280 – $62,870	33,380
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$35,720 – $64,330	3,990
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,610	$37,170 – $63,610	8,680
20	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,980	$35,640 – $72,270	3,550
21	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$30,420 – $60,350	1,920
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$36,120 – $62,450	3,400
23	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,420	$34,430 – $66,560	6,730
24	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,420	$31,150 – $59,630	1,840
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,060	$36,190 – $58,640	27,020
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$30,880 – $66,930	61,160
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,340	$35,810 – $57,240	1,040
28	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,960	$30,780 – $61,130	14,060
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,160	$31,430 – $53,800	2,290
30	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,560	$31,010 – $60,650	63,440
31	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,190	$33,960 – $80,110	6,750
32	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$36,080 – $47,650	1,080
33	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,650	$32,130 – $46,830	1,770
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,570	$28,360 – $46,980	19,850
35	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,230	$35,360 – $60,880	1,640
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,500	$30,910 – $44,610	6,860
37	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,080	$29,770 – $41,980	1,270

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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