High paying office and admin jobs in Peoria, IL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Peoria, IL 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 Peoria, IL run 8.8% below the national average (2024), so a Peoria, IL salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Peoria, IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$66,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,230 – $99,410830
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,790 – $91,200270
3Postal Service Clerks$62,670
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030100
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$60,530
No formal educational credential
$46,490 – $76,36080
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040430
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $82,940370
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $77,110160
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $59,380120
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $77,650140
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,670
Some college, no degree
$36,360 – $63,7401,390
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $61,370300
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $81,110210
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $60,270100
14Billing and Posting Clerks$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,770 – $58,820550
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,010
Associate's degree
$35,530 – $66,30090
16Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,920 – $78,790150
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,370 – $65,0002,010
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,670 – $58,1001,080
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,130 – $56,0201,050
20Bill and Account Collectors$43,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,420 – $67,38060
21Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$41,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,24080
22Procurement Clerks$41,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $70,48060
23Office Clerks, General$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $61,6902,420
24File Clerks$41,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $63,220170
25Data Entry Keyers$40,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,950 – $50,260110
26Customer Service Representatives$39,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,350 – $64,2602,260
27Couriers and Messengers$37,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $45,87060
28Tellers$37,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,100 – $45,470510
29Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $49,16080
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,2701,010
31Library Assistants, Clerical$33,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $35,600270

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

#	Occupation	MedianPeoria, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,750	$45,230 – $99,410	830
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,810	$49,790 – $91,200	270
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,670	$42,600 – $75,030	100
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$46,490 – $76,360	80
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	430
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,320	$39,570 – $82,940	370
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,100	$36,500 – $77,110	160
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,090	$36,940 – $59,380	120
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,010	$35,860 – $77,650	140
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,670	$36,360 – $63,740	1,390
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$38,600 – $61,370	300
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,530	$36,720 – $81,110	210
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$38,160 – $60,270	100
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$38,770 – $58,820	550
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,010	$35,530 – $66,300	90
16	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$38,920 – $78,790	150
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$33,370 – $65,000	2,010
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$36,670 – $58,100	1,080
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,530	$38,130 – $56,020	1,050
20	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,820	$34,420 – $67,380	60
21	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,960	$31,200 – $58,240	80
22	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,960	$34,740 – $70,480	60
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$31,200 – $61,690	2,420
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,080	$35,140 – $63,220	170
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,330	$32,950 – $50,260	110
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,840	$31,350 – $64,260	2,260
27	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,850	$33,360 – $45,870	60
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,220	$32,100 – $45,470	510
29	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,920	$32,130 – $49,160	80
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,970	$31,200 – $46,270	1,010
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,530	$31,200 – $35,600	270

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