High paying office and admin jobs in Owensboro, KY with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Owensboro, KY 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 Owensboro, KY run 11.4% below the national average (2024), so a Owensboro, KY salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Owensboro, KY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$62,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $98,740380
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$55,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,790 – $80,230180
4Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$54,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,560 – $89,68040
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $80,68030
6Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,430
Some college, no degree
$31,200 – $67,220560
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,430 – $58,110220
8Billing and Posting Clerks$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $60,41080
9Customer Service Representatives$45,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $58,700920
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$44,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $68,72060
11Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$44,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $52,21050
12Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,640 – $63,320430
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $56,850470
14Tellers$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,110 – $44,930150
15Office Clerks, General$37,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,640 – $54,080650
16Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,570 – $50,030520
17Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $52,46070
18Library Assistants, Clerical$33,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,710 – $38,43040
19Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,010 – $42,480310
20Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,810 – $36,67060

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

#	Occupation	MedianOwensboro, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,340	$41,600 – $98,740	380
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	130
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,590	$31,790 – $80,230	180
4	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,990	$41,560 – $89,680	40
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,350	$36,000 – $80,680	30
6	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,430	$31,200 – $67,220	560
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,130	$40,430 – $58,110	220
8	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$35,360 – $60,410	80
9	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,260	$29,330 – $58,700	920
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,690	$33,860 – $68,720	60
11	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,150	$36,490 – $52,210	50
12	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,950	$30,640 – $63,320	430
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$30,600 – $56,850	470
14	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$30,110 – $44,930	150
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,190	$23,640 – $54,080	650
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$30,570 – $50,030	520
17	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,870	$28,960 – $52,460	70
18	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,790	$22,710 – $38,430	40
19	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,300	$25,010 – $42,480	310
20	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,880	$21,810 – $36,670	60

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