High paying office and admin jobs in North Dakota with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in North Dakota 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 North Dakota run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a North Dakota 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in North Dakota.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, North Dakota · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,220 – $103,2101,830
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,350 – $86,170540
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,880 – $77,530300
4Public Safety Telecommunicators$59,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,790 – $63,180270
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,840
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,280240
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040800
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,030 – $101,070450
8New Accounts Clerks$57,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,670 – $74,100140
9Postal Service Clerks$57,820
No formal educational credential
$36,360 – $74,030330
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$57,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $82,030600
11Financial Clerks, All Other$56,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,610 – $74,940140
12Cargo and Freight Agents$54,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,530 – $98,960380
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$54,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $81,3401,510
14Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$53,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,790 – $74,790600
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$53,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,490 – $68,510360
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$52,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,910 – $71,240210
17Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,230 – $63,910410
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,730 – $69,800980
19Office Clerks, General$50,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,590 – $74,7408,440
20Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,710
Some college, no degree
$37,340 – $66,0404,290
21Billing and Posting Clerks$48,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,550 – $69,280660
22Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,290 – $66,410550
23Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,920 – $60,7805,800
24Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,710 – $65,3701,520
25Bill and Account Collectors$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,580 – $59,990270
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $58,1401,120
27Customer Service Representatives$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,190 – $68,3505,750
28Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,570 – $52,2201,930
29Tellers$39,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,100 – $47,7801,990
30Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,800 – $54,010160
31Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$34,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,520 – $52,010150
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $37,2501,390

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Dakota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,720	$43,220 – $103,210	1,830
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,270	$46,350 – $86,170	540
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,600	$46,880 – $77,530	300
4	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,940	$47,790 – $63,180	270
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,840	$42,600 – $75,280	240
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,040	800
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,330	$48,030 – $101,070	450
8	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,970	$42,670 – $74,100	140
9	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$57,820	$36,360 – $74,030	330
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,580	$38,560 – $82,030	600
11	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,680	$44,610 – $74,940	140
12	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,230	$38,530 – $98,960	380
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,200	$38,520 – $81,340	1,510
14	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,850	$38,790 – $74,790	600
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,540	$38,490 – $68,510	360
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,440	$40,910 – $71,240	210
17	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,810	$43,230 – $63,910	410
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,290	$42,730 – $69,800	980
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,160	$33,590 – $74,740	8,440
20	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,710	$37,340 – $66,040	4,290
21	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,550	$35,550 – $69,280	660
22	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,390	$39,290 – $66,410	550
23	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,480	$34,920 – $60,780	5,800
24	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,730	$35,710 – $65,370	1,520
25	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$35,580 – $59,990	270
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$37,440 – $58,140	1,120
27	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$34,190 – $68,350	5,750
28	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,530	$29,570 – $52,220	1,930
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,300	$37,100 – $47,780	1,990
30	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,590	$21,800 – $54,010	160
31	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,870	$34,520 – $52,010	150
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,530	$30,550 – $37,250	1,390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in North Dakota. 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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