High paying office and admin jobs in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA run 3.7% above the national average (2024), so a Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$89,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,270 – $89,09090
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$79,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,650 – $105,050720
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$78,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,140 – $108,4801,210
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$67,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,190 – $78,460820
5Postal Service Clerks$66,140
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36040
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$65,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,540 – $92,26080
7Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$61,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,580 – $88,790820
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$60,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,100 – $75,090340
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,400 – $78,620120
10Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040250
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$57,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,800 – $75,78090
12Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $83,810160
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$55,590
Some college, no degree
$41,290 – $76,6101,050
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$54,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,700 – $70,0302,110
15Procurement Clerks$54,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $62,88090
16Billing and Posting Clerks$53,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,250 – $73,190410
17Bill and Account Collectors$52,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,690 – $69,260100
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$52,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $68,270320
19Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$52,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,700 – $82,170140
20Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,230
Associate's degree
$41,080 – $61,68070
21Data Entry Keyers$51,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $62,250140
22Customer Service Representatives$49,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $61,8601,430
23Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,300 – $60,24090
24Tellers$48,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,600 – $70,090530
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $64,050550
26Library Assistants, Clerical$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $57,250140
27Office Clerks, General$46,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $66,2801,970
28Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $66,310200
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$42,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $54,9601,070
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$38,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $45,000150
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $53,91040

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

#	Occupation	MedianOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,090	$62,270 – $89,090	90
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,510	$41,650 – $105,050	720
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,270	$55,140 – $108,480	1,210
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,650	$54,190 – $78,460	820
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$66,140	$42,600 – $76,360	40
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,790	$48,540 – $92,260	80
7	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,390	$51,580 – $88,790	820
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,990	$49,100 – $75,090	340
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$39,400 – $78,620	120
10	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	250
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,690	$45,800 – $75,780	90
12	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,220	$36,550 – $83,810	160
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$55,590	$41,290 – $76,610	1,050
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,320	$43,700 – $70,030	2,110
15	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,190	$38,370 – $62,880	90
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,950	$44,250 – $73,190	410
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,910	$42,690 – $69,260	100
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,900	$45,730 – $68,270	320
19	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,670	$43,700 – $82,170	140
20	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,230	$41,080 – $61,680	70
21	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,660	$39,630 – $62,250	140
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,630	$37,580 – $61,860	1,430
23	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,320	$39,300 – $60,240	90
24	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,700	$39,600 – $70,090	530
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$36,840 – $64,050	550
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$34,650 – $57,250	140
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,690	$36,800 – $66,280	1,970
28	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$34,650 – $66,310	200
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,910	$35,780 – $54,960	1,070
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,470	$37,160 – $45,000	150
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,810	$36,380 – $53,910	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA. 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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