High paying office and admin jobs in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 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, Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $88,820300
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,830 – $84,97070
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,320 – $79,110170
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,640
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040170
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $71,34040
6File Clerks$50,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,340 – $60,92030
7Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $70,14040
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,940
Some college, no degree
$34,510 – $61,420440
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,570 – $60,990100
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,820 – $71,32040
11Billing and Posting Clerks$45,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $58,320130
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,680 – $60,940520
13Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $57,190510
14Order Clerks$43,460
Some college, no degree
$33,350 – $59,91030
15Data Entry Keyers$43,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,280 – $61,05040
16Office Clerks, General$42,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $60,2801,020
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,550 – $46,980350
18Customer Service Representatives$40,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,480 – $55,980700
19Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,440 – $53,23090
20Tellers$37,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $45,320220
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,250 – $46,010320
22Library Assistants, Clerical$32,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $37,66050
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $36,57090
24Information and Record Clerks, All Other$29,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $45,76040

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

#	Occupation	MedianMuskegon-Norton Shores, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,640	$43,680 – $88,820	300
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,480	$47,830 – $84,970	70
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,730	$42,320 – $79,110	170
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,640	$42,390 – $81,040	170
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,420	$40,000 – $71,340	40
6	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,740	$31,340 – $60,920	30
7	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,240	$36,520 – $70,140	40
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,940	$34,510 – $61,420	440
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,690	$38,570 – $60,990	100
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$35,820 – $71,320	40
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,410	$37,680 – $58,320	130
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$33,680 – $60,940	520
13	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,600	$35,170 – $57,190	510
14	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,460	$33,350 – $59,910	30
15	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,450	$32,280 – $61,050	40
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,610	$29,640 – $60,280	1,020
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,500	$35,550 – $46,980	350
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,760	$27,480 – $55,980	700
19	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,130	$29,440 – $53,230	90
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,000	$34,510 – $45,320	220
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,460	$29,250 – $46,010	320
22	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,140	$28,090 – $37,660	50
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,710	$27,610 – $36,570	90
24	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,140	$25,960 – $45,760	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI. 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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