High paying office and admin jobs in Rochester, NY with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Rochester, NY 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 Rochester, NY run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, NY 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, Rochester, NY · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$72,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,180 – $99,3502,830
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$69,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,100 – $99,9804,220
3Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030250
4Public Safety Telecommunicators$63,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,610 – $69,670440
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,190
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$47,170 – $75,280490
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,350 – $76,470590
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$56,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,670 – $81,690530
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $79,2802,640
10Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$52,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,180 – $72,720380
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$52,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $78,470410
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,290 – $65,890300
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,870
Some college, no degree
$37,710 – $70,8404,380
14Procurement Clerks$48,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,970 – $65,000180
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,390
Associate's degree
$36,550 – $63,770610
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $62,850840
17New Accounts Clerks$47,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,560 – $58,980290
18Billing and Posting Clerks$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $63,3501,480
19Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,460 – $64,050420
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,590 – $61,7406,230
21Order Clerks$45,170
Some college, no degree
$34,870 – $62,860190
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $61,1902,310
23Customer Service Representatives$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $60,9309,290
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,740 – $48,3404,510
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,500 – $56,900360
26Tellers$43,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $46,650820
27Word Processors and Typists$43,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $56,220660
28Bill and Account Collectors$43,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $61,110490
29Office Clerks, General$42,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $59,1705,680
30Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,850 – $49,140280
31Data Entry Keyers$39,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $57,290370
32Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$38,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $47,900210
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $49,0602,840
34Couriers and Messengers$37,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $46,080380
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $47,240380
36Library Assistants, Clerical$34,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $49,450580

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,210	$55,180 – $99,350	2,830
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,450	$49,100 – $99,980	4,220
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $75,030	250
4	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,030	$49,610 – $69,670	440
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	1,190
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$47,170 – $75,280	490
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,440	$44,350 – $76,470	590
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,680	$39,670 – $81,690	530
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,670	$38,100 – $79,280	2,640
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,330	$47,180 – $72,720	380
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,160	$32,240 – $78,470	410
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,650	$41,290 – $65,890	300
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,870	$37,710 – $70,840	4,380
14	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,630	$38,970 – $65,000	180
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,390	$36,550 – $63,770	610
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,150	$36,400 – $62,850	840
17	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,710	$46,560 – $58,980	290
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$39,520 – $63,350	1,480
19	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$41,460 – $64,050	420
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,770	$36,590 – $61,740	6,230
21	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,170	$34,870 – $62,860	190
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,090	$35,970 – $61,190	2,310
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$35,040 – $60,930	9,290
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,380	$38,740 – $48,340	4,510
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,340	$37,500 – $56,900	360
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,690	$38,100 – $46,650	820
27	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,510	$37,090 – $56,220	660
28	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,150	$36,110 – $61,110	490
29	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,230	$32,240 – $59,170	5,680
30	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$32,850 – $49,140	280
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,400	$32,240 – $57,290	370
32	Office Machine Operators, Except ComputerHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,820	$35,730 – $47,900	210
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,550	$32,240 – $49,060	2,840
34	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,520	$32,240 – $46,080	380
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,640	$32,240 – $47,240	380
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,870	$32,240 – $49,450	580

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