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

The best paid office and admin occupations in Reading, 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 Reading, PA run 2.9% below the national average (2024), so a Reading, PA salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Reading, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$66,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,660 – $100,3101,660
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$66,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,990 – $93,460290
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$61,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,000 – $76,940140
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,910 – $90,480360
5Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030110
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,400
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040420
7Public Safety Telecommunicators$59,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,540 – $62,58090
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,670 – $78,180150
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$52,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,360 – $66,43060
10Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$52,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $62,380150
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,410
Associate's degree
$37,550 – $61,33080
12Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,840 – $60,050170
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $80,880220
14Order Clerks$49,860
Some college, no degree
$35,900 – $62,34080
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,720
Some college, no degree
$32,860 – $66,5601,260
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $59,3201,290
17Billing and Posting Clerks$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $58,980480
18Office Clerks, General$46,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,540 – $61,0903,260
19Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $60,27080
20Bill and Account Collectors$46,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,450 – $62,170210
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,190 – $59,2401,700
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $51,990690
23Customer Service Representatives$44,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,420 – $60,2402,630
24Tellers$43,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,760 – $53,100510
25File Clerks$41,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,490 – $53,00070
26Data Entry Keyers$38,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,720 – $57,970120
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,850 – $47,8701,160
28Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $45,790170
29Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,720 – $36,280180
30Library Assistants, Clerical$27,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,870 – $38,910120

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

#	Occupation	MedianReading, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,570	$46,660 – $100,310	1,660
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,440	$48,990 – $93,460	290
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,710	$53,000 – $76,940	140
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,250	$43,910 – $90,480	360
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	110
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,400	$42,390 – $81,040	420
7	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,070	$45,540 – $62,580	90
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,680	$39,670 – $78,180	150
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,930	$39,360 – $66,430	60
10	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,220	$40,110 – $62,380	150
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,410	$37,550 – $61,330	80
12	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,150	$39,840 – $60,050	170
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$36,410 – $80,880	220
14	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,860	$35,900 – $62,340	80
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,720	$32,860 – $66,560	1,260
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,960	$35,980 – $59,320	1,290
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$37,590 – $58,980	480
18	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,820	$30,540 – $61,090	3,260
19	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,510	$37,840 – $60,270	80
20	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,040	$36,450 – $62,170	210
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$32,190 – $59,240	1,700
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$36,960 – $51,990	690
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,500	$32,420 – $60,240	2,630
24	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,840	$36,760 – $53,100	510
25	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,610	$29,490 – $53,000	70
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,680	$33,720 – $57,970	120
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,390	$26,850 – $47,870	1,160
28	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,800	$29,140 – $45,790	170
29	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,840	$24,720 – $36,280	180
30	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,130	$21,870 – $38,910	120

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