High paying office and admin jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA run 5.4% above the national average (2024), so a Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$81,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,140 – $99,490470
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$78,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,800 – $103,5503,880
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$76,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,190 – $106,6307,740
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$64,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $82,6101,850
5Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$63,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,450 – $95,2601,100
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$62,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,220 – $79,990950
7Postal Service Clerks$62,130
No formal educational credential
$53,290 – $76,360400
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,200 – $82,5601,970
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$61,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,300 – $73,7401,030
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$60,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,650 – $75,0301,180
11Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,990
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,0402,300
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$58,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,660 – $80,4002,080
13Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,660
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,280860
14Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$57,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,200 – $74,1101,380
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$57,040
Some college, no degree
$40,260 – $75,49012,170
16Financial Clerks, All Other$56,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,190 – $78,720390
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$55,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,640 – $72,75013,510
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$55,190
Associate's degree
$45,930 – $67,910640
19Information and Record Clerks, All Other$55,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $71,5102,740
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$54,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,030 – $73,2908,290
21Bill and Account Collectors$53,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,250 – $65,640550
22Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$53,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $77,8602,160
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$52,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,690 – $62,210830
24Billing and Posting Clerks$52,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $65,8703,150
25Order Clerks$52,540
Some college, no degree
$42,690 – $76,130460
26File Clerks$52,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,140 – $68,270480
27Office Clerks, General$50,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $70,31015,920
28New Accounts Clerks$50,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,360 – $59,730530
29Cargo and Freight Agents$50,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,730 – $74,5601,100
30Customer Service Representatives$48,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $64,99012,720
31Library Assistants, Clerical$48,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,290 – $59,080870
32Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,670 – $66,3506,930
33Tellers$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $54,7601,930
34Couriers and Messengers$45,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $60,500520
35Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,510 – $78,550960
36Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $51,4108,340
37Data Entry Keyers$42,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,020 – $56,790880
38Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$38,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $45,8401,550

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

#	Occupation	MedianPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,160	$61,140 – $99,490	470
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,750	$59,800 – $103,550	3,880
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,380	$53,190 – $106,630	7,740
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,170	$45,670 – $82,610	1,850
5	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,470	$44,450 – $95,260	1,100
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,350	$51,220 – $79,990	950
7	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,130	$53,290 – $76,360	400
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$47,200 – $82,560	1,970
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,020	$45,300 – $73,740	1,030
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,020	$45,650 – $75,030	1,180
11	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,990	$43,120 – $81,040	2,300
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,670	$43,660 – $80,400	2,080
13	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,660	$47,440 – $75,280	860
14	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,150	$44,200 – $74,110	1,380
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$57,040	$40,260 – $75,490	12,170
16	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,230	$39,190 – $78,720	390
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,360	$40,640 – $72,750	13,510
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$55,190	$45,930 – $67,910	640
19	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,040	$37,060 – $71,510	2,740
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,560	$46,030 – $73,290	8,290
21	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,620	$42,250 – $65,640	550
22	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,550	$36,890 – $77,860	2,160
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,880	$48,690 – $62,210	830
24	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,820	$42,340 – $65,870	3,150
25	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$52,540	$42,690 – $76,130	460
26	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,280	$38,140 – $68,270	480
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,640	$37,440 – $70,310	15,920
28	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,570	$46,360 – $59,730	530
29	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,260	$43,730 – $74,560	1,100
30	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,650	$37,750 – $64,990	12,720
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,470	$37,290 – $59,080	870
32	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,170	$37,670 – $66,350	6,930
33	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$39,120 – $54,760	1,930
34	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,650	$36,350 – $60,500	520
35	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$37,510 – $78,550	960
36	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,630	$35,570 – $51,410	8,340
37	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,760	$35,020 – $56,790	880
38	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,970	$35,780 – $45,840	1,550

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-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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