High paying office and admin jobs in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC run 11.7% below the national average (2024), so a Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC 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, Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$65,170
No formal educational credential
$56,740 – $75,03030
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$55,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $84,990300
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,020
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740130
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,120 – $51,88050
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,060 – $50,63040
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$50,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,520 – $65,57060
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,140
Some college, no degree
$30,040 – $59,520410
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$44,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,780 – $69,54070
9Tellers$44,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $47,69040
10Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$43,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,130 – $60,890100
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$42,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,190 – $55,580370
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$42,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,280 – $58,19030
13Billing and Posting Clerks$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,940 – $50,960120
14Office Clerks, General$39,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,340 – $57,600490
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,570 – $53,07040
16Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,600 – $46,590970
17Data Entry Keyers$37,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $53,95030
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$36,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,220 – $47,980140
19Customer Service Representatives$34,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $49,780670
20Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,630 – $42,820200
21Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,270 – $36,140130

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

#	Occupation	MedianPinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,170	$56,740 – $75,030	30
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,510	$40,630 – $84,990	300
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,020	$42,390 – $83,740	130
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,880	$37,120 – $51,880	50
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,630	$42,060 – $50,630	40
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,060	$42,520 – $65,570	60
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,140	$30,040 – $59,520	410
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,970	$31,780 – $69,540	70
9	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,180	$37,840 – $47,690	40
10	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,280	$36,130 – $60,890	100
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,660	$30,190 – $55,580	370
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,060	$34,280 – $58,190	30
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$34,940 – $50,960	120
14	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,250	$26,340 – $57,600	490
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,210	$29,570 – $53,070	40
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,920	$33,600 – $46,590	970
17	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,600	$30,300 – $53,950	30
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,640	$30,220 – $47,980	140
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,590	$29,210 – $49,780	670
20	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,330	$21,630 – $42,820	200
21	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,970	$27,270 – $36,140	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC. 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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