High paying office and admin jobs in Pittsburgh, PA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Pittsburgh, PA 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 Pittsburgh, PA run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Pittsburgh, PA salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Pittsburgh, PA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$69,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,330 – $93,3402,330
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,010 – $96,62010,440
3Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030740
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,0402,760
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $91,4801,300
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$58,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,470 – $71,9701,840
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,2801,690
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$57,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,390 – $62,000780
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$52,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $76,9701,130
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $65,420430
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $76,1501,290
12Procurement Clerks$49,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,760 – $63,340460
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,610 – $61,0101,250
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $61,310700
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,250
Some college, no degree
$35,470 – $68,1409,250
16Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $74,2301,450
17Order Clerks$46,580
Some college, no degree
$36,030 – $61,200450
18Bill and Account Collectors$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,060 – $66,4501,130
19Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,900
Associate's degree
$37,830 – $63,000480
20Cargo and Freight Agents$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,480 – $77,280670
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $60,27012,160
22Billing and Posting Clerks$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,180 – $62,3903,030
23Office Clerks, General$45,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,270 – $62,32019,150
24Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $53,380590
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,120 – $50,3506,020
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,780 – $61,2005,150
27File Clerks$42,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,270 – $56,600680
28Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$42,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $68,640470
29Customer Service Representatives$42,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $60,30017,280
30Couriers and Messengers$42,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,090 – $48,940600
31Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$42,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,860 – $67,490530
32Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$41,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,880 – $75,910730
33Tellers$40,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,530 – $49,4902,800
34Data Entry Keyers$38,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,610 – $54,650930
35Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,330 – $49,440490
36Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,450 – $48,2006,100
37Library Assistants, Clerical$33,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,040 – $45,860940
38Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,540 – $37,0801,320

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

#	Occupation	MedianPittsburgh, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,030	$48,330 – $93,340	2,330
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,260	$43,010 – $96,620	10,440
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	740
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$43,120 – $81,040	2,760
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,760	$40,000 – $91,480	1,300
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,530	$46,470 – $71,970	1,840
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$42,600 – $75,280	1,690
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,880	$38,390 – $62,000	780
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,400	$40,630 – $76,970	1,130
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,130	$38,270 – $65,420	430
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,910	$36,650 – $76,150	1,290
12	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,260	$41,760 – $63,340	460
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,280	$37,610 – $61,010	1,250
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$37,650 – $61,310	700
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,250	$35,470 – $68,140	9,250
16	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$37,060 – $74,230	1,450
17	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,580	$36,030 – $61,200	450
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$36,060 – $66,450	1,130
19	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,900	$37,830 – $63,000	480
20	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$35,480 – $77,280	670
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,550	$30,470 – $60,270	12,160
22	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$36,180 – $62,390	3,030
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,040	$28,270 – $62,320	19,150
24	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,870	$35,720 – $53,380	590
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,260	$32,120 – $50,350	6,020
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,130	$31,780 – $61,200	5,150
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,920	$32,270 – $56,600	680
28	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,880	$27,610 – $68,640	470
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,790	$31,110 – $60,300	17,280
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,250	$32,090 – $48,940	600
31	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,020	$37,860 – $67,490	530
32	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,450	$29,880 – $75,910	730
33	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,200	$31,530 – $49,490	2,800
34	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,710	$30,610 – $54,650	930
35	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,660	$28,330 – $49,440	490
36	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,300	$24,450 – $48,200	6,100
37	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,380	$22,040 – $45,860	940
38	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,690	$23,540 – $37,080	1,320

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