High paying office and admin jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA run 1.8% above the national average (2024), so a Providence-Warwick, RI-MA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$76,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,200 – $99,1401,520
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$74,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,360 – $102,2006,930
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$64,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $78,050640
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,0401,830
5Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030380
6Brokerage Clerks$62,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,780 – $63,830470
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $85,3201,410
8Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$60,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,720 – $93,550510
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$59,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,860 – $81,7201,090
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,440 – $79,850620
11Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280610
12Public Safety Telecommunicators$57,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,750 – $64,840590
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$54,630
Some college, no degree
$38,970 – $75,9906,400
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$53,580
Associate's degree
$41,100 – $65,960220
15Bill and Account Collectors$52,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,040 – $77,810450
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $72,7407,020
17Procurement Clerks$51,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,710 – $72,990230
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $65,570780
19Billing and Posting Clerks$51,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $65,8701,500
20Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $80,460750
21Order Clerks$49,390
Some college, no degree
$44,790 – $60,800230
22Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $67,480750
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$48,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $62,820580
24Office Clerks, General$47,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $65,81010,690
25Customer Service Representatives$47,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,200 – $64,24010,620
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,650 – $61,0403,610
27Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,270 – $60,5504,010
28Tellers$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,530 – $55,1201,280
29Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$45,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $76,820220
30Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $69,780260
31Data Entry Keyers$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $62,130360
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$41,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,850 – $49,6805,550
33Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$40,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,090 – $51,240340
34Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $50,800250
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,320710
36Couriers and Messengers$37,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $48,690280
37Library Assistants, Clerical$36,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $49,040610

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

#	Occupation	MedianProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,450	$51,200 – $99,140	1,520
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,470	$50,360 – $102,200	6,930
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,560	$45,250 – $78,050	640
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$43,120 – $81,040	1,830
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $75,030	380
6	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,400	$51,780 – $63,830	470
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,890	$42,340 – $85,320	1,410
8	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,230	$41,720 – $93,550	510
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,920	$47,860 – $81,720	1,090
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,720	$42,440 – $79,850	620
11	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$45,530 – $75,280	610
12	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,400	$46,750 – $64,840	590
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$54,630	$38,970 – $75,990	6,400
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$53,580	$41,100 – $65,960	220
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,890	$45,040 – $77,810	450
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,800	$37,970 – $72,740	7,020
17	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,680	$39,710 – $72,990	230
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,560	$32,130 – $65,570	780
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,010	$40,700 – $65,870	1,500
20	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,880	$37,280 – $80,460	750
21	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,390	$44,790 – $60,800	230
22	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$36,440 – $67,480	750
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,440	$39,480 – $62,820	580
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,450	$34,510 – $65,810	10,690
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,170	$35,200 – $64,240	10,620
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$39,650 – $61,040	3,610
27	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,850	$36,270 – $60,550	4,010
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$39,530 – $55,120	1,280
29	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,130	$35,660 – $76,820	220
30	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,910	$31,750 – $69,780	260
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$35,090 – $62,130	360
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,720	$33,850 – $49,680	5,550
33	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,660	$36,090 – $51,240	340
34	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$35,730 – $50,800	250
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,710	$31,200 – $46,320	710
36	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,090	$31,200 – $48,690	280
37	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,670	$31,200 – $49,040	610

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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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