High paying office and admin jobs in Odessa, TX with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Odessa, TX 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 Odessa, TX run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Odessa, TX salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Odessa, TX · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$70,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,140 – $106,530110
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $98,190790
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $81,490170
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$56,660
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040140
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $85,540240
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,900 – $74,14060
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,930
Some college, no degree
$33,040 – $72,120880
8Order Clerks$48,640
Some college, no degree
$37,030 – $70,01030
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $72,77040
10Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $62,380920
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $60,59030
12Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,640 – $58,000560
13Bill and Account Collectors$43,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $61,23040
14Billing and Posting Clerks$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $56,250170
15Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,600 – $55,120280
16Office Clerks, General$40,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $60,2301,390
17Customer Service Representatives$39,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $58,3401,150
18File Clerks$37,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,340 – $57,45040
19Tellers$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,280 – $46,370180
20Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,240 – $45,980380
21Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$36,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,040 – $59,630100
22Data Entry Keyers$35,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,660 – $51,32050
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,930 – $35,990180

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

#	Occupation	MedianOdessa, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,020	$46,140 – $106,530	110
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,280	$40,700 – $98,190	790
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,420	$42,340 – $81,490	170
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$56,660	$43,120 – $81,040	140
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,620	$37,440 – $85,540	240
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,000	$44,900 – $74,140	60
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,930	$33,040 – $72,120	880
8	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,640	$37,030 – $70,010	30
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,150	$35,980 – $72,770	40
10	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,060	$29,120 – $62,380	920
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$37,380 – $60,590	30
12	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$34,640 – $58,000	560
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,010	$38,160 – $61,230	40
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$31,750 – $56,250	170
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,220	$34,600 – $55,120	280
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,110	$28,090 – $60,230	1,390
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,270	$28,970 – $58,340	1,150
18	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,170	$30,340 – $57,450	40
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$31,280 – $46,370	180
20	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,200	$26,240 – $45,980	380
21	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,040	$34,040 – $59,630	100
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,270	$28,660 – $51,320	50
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,760	$21,930 – $35,990	180

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