High paying office and admin jobs in Rapid City, SD with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Rapid City, SD 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 Rapid City, SD run 10.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rapid City, SD salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Rapid City, SD · Employed

1Cargo and Freight Agents$65,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,240 – $81,50030
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,340
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040100
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,990 – $78,040320
4Postal Service Clerks$57,430
No formal educational credential
$36,360 – $75,03030
5Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$55,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,650 – $68,930170
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$53,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,670 – $63,60060
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$51,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,740 – $65,65050
8Procurement Clerks$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,660 – $60,73040
9Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $63,27070
10Order Clerks$48,360
Some college, no degree
$36,100 – $52,77040
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,270 – $58,300110
12Bill and Account Collectors$48,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,410 – $65,05070
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $57,58080
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,810
Some college, no degree
$35,170 – $59,9901,720
15Billing and Posting Clerks$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,470 – $56,160120
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $60,820240
17Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,590 – $62,40070
18Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$44,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,970 – $60,28080
19Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$43,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,540 – $53,210150
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,500 – $53,040990
21Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$41,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $54,890110
22Office Clerks, General$39,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $52,690270
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $54,320430
24Tellers$38,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $46,080200
25Customer Service Representatives$38,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,630 – $51,0301,010
26Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,910 – $47,8201,240
27Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,220 – $42,07060
28Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $45,78060
29Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,680 – $34,920570

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

#	Occupation	MedianRapid City, SD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,440	$58,240 – $81,500	30
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,340	$42,390 – $81,040	100
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,700	$39,990 – $78,040	320
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$36,360 – $75,030	30
5	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,520	$46,650 – $68,930	170
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,740	$35,670 – $63,600	60
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,980	$40,740 – $65,650	50
8	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$41,660 – $60,730	40
9	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,340	$37,840 – $63,270	70
10	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,360	$36,100 – $52,770	40
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,250	$39,270 – $58,300	110
12	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,090	$40,410 – $65,050	70
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,060	$38,020 – $57,580	80
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,810	$35,170 – $59,990	1,720
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$41,470 – $56,160	120
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$37,890 – $60,820	240
17	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,060	$42,590 – $62,400	70
18	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,900	$29,970 – $60,280	80
19	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,850	$38,540 – $53,210	150
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,720	$31,500 – $53,040	990
21	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,710	$37,710 – $54,890	110
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,420	$29,330 – $52,690	270
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$30,050 – $54,320	430
24	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,630	$35,640 – $46,080	200
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,520	$28,630 – $51,030	1,010
26	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$27,910 – $47,820	1,240
27	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$30,220 – $42,070	60
28	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,540	$30,850 – $45,780	60
29	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,340	$26,680 – $34,920	570

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