High paying office and admin jobs in Roanoke, VA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Roanoke, VA 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 Roanoke, VA run 6.4% below the national average (2024), so a Roanoke, VA salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Roanoke, VA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$64,290
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $76,36060
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,980 – $96,250230
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,420 – $95,6401,460
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,240
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040360
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,280230
6Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$52,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $60,740590
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$51,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $76,360440
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,930 – $70,790140
9Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $62,250150
10Public Safety Telecommunicators$48,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,940 – $62,420150
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,430 – $59,450200
12Cargo and Freight Agents$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $62,16050
13Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $59,420140
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $65,830250
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,420
Some college, no degree
$34,250 – $64,1801,230
16Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,750 – $61,040100
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,870
Associate's degree
$32,130 – $58,72090
18Customer Service Representatives$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,560 – $55,4202,760
19Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,290 – $58,490130
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,260 – $61,6601,230
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,910 – $61,010850
22Billing and Posting Clerks$44,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $61,920250
23Office Clerks, General$43,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,930 – $62,3202,210
24Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$43,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $58,750180
25Data Entry Keyers$42,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $52,71070
26Order Clerks$38,900
Some college, no degree
$34,870 – $59,29080
27File Clerks$37,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $43,99050
28Tellers$37,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,410 – $46,800370
29Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $47,0601,580
30Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$36,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $49,03050
31Bill and Account Collectors$36,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,980 – $49,940230
32Couriers and Messengers$35,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,220 – $41,36060
33Library Assistants, Clerical$35,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $38,82070
34Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$34,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $46,41050
35Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $43,100980
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,200 – $33,810260

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

#	Occupation	MedianRoanoke, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,290	$54,330 – $76,360	60
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,990	$47,980 – $96,250	230
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,800	$43,420 – $95,640	1,460
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,240	$42,390 – $81,040	360
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$48,880 – $75,280	230
6	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,460	$37,920 – $60,740	590
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,080	$39,030 – $76,360	440
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,060	$39,930 – $70,790	140
9	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,590	$35,360 – $62,250	150
10	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,470	$41,940 – $62,420	150
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$36,430 – $59,450	200
12	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$38,020 – $62,160	50
13	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$38,520 – $59,420	140
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,070	$36,610 – $65,830	250
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,420	$34,250 – $64,180	1,230
16	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,950	$33,750 – $61,040	100
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,870	$32,130 – $58,720	90
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$29,560 – $55,420	2,760
19	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,410	$27,290 – $58,490	130
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,100	$30,260 – $61,660	1,230
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$31,910 – $61,010	850
22	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,930	$35,860 – $61,920	250
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,350	$29,930 – $62,320	2,210
24	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,040	$39,900 – $58,750	180
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,300	$28,520 – $52,710	70
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$38,900	$34,870 – $59,290	80
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,950	$25,810 – $43,990	50
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,870	$30,410 – $46,800	370
29	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,270	$35,880 – $47,060	1,580
30	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,720	$30,910 – $49,030	50
31	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,240	$30,980 – $49,940	230
32	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,890	$30,220 – $41,360	60
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,630	$32,130 – $38,820	70
34	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,310	$25,810 – $46,410	50
35	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,240	$27,610 – $43,100	980
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,490	$27,200 – $33,810	260

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