High paying office and admin jobs in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Sioux City, IA-NE-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 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD run 13.5% below the national average (2024), so a Sioux City, IA-NE-SD salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Sioux City, IA-NE-SD · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$65,370
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
2Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$64,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,240 – $68,39040
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,880 – $90,370420
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,130
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040170
5Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$60,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,070 – $83,680120
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $77,400130
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,910 – $65,63050
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $59,32060
9Bill and Account Collectors$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,110 – $60,040130
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $79,100460
11Billing and Posting Clerks$48,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $60,010120
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $63,89080
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,390
Some college, no degree
$34,630 – $61,450690
14Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $59,86080
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,920 – $61,360640
16New Accounts Clerks$45,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $60,17030
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $73,15090
18Data Entry Keyers$44,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $57,25040
19Office Clerks, General$44,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,710 – $60,880820
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$43,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $50,93040
21Loan Interviewers and Clerks$43,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,770 – $59,280100
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,170 – $48,720400
23Customer Service Representatives$41,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,960 – $58,3601,110
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,990 – $48,720330
25Tellers$36,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,150 – $45,620260
26Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,850 – $36,060140

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

#	Occupation	MedianSioux City, IA-NE-SD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,370	$42,600 – $75,030	40
2	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,990	$43,240 – $68,390	40
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,760	$42,880 – $90,370	420
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,130	$42,390 – $81,040	170
5	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,670	$44,070 – $83,680	120
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,800	$40,750 – $77,400	130
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,940	$40,910 – $65,630	50
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,860	$37,440 – $59,320	60
9	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$35,110 – $60,040	130
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,270	$36,620 – $79,100	460
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,050	$37,850 – $60,010	120
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$36,010 – $63,890	80
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,390	$34,630 – $61,450	690
14	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$37,390 – $59,860	80
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,950	$34,920 – $61,360	640
16	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,040	$38,020 – $60,170	30
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$28,080 – $73,150	90
18	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,550	$35,260 – $57,250	40
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,060	$29,710 – $60,880	820
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,340	$36,810 – $50,930	40
21	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,230	$39,770 – $59,280	100
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,890	$36,170 – $48,720	400
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,010	$29,960 – $58,360	1,110
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,380	$28,990 – $48,720	330
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,950	$29,150 – $45,620	260
26	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,280	$22,850 – $36,060	140

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. 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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