High paying office and admin jobs in Springfield, IL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Springfield, IL 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 Springfield, IL run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Springfield, IL salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Springfield, IL · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$73,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,320 – $103,190830
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,300 – $96,490620
3Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03050
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040280
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,280140
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $76,86080
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$57,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,950 – $79,19070
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$57,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,630 – $88,840130
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$54,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $83,95080
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,780
Some college, no degree
$36,610 – $71,990860
11Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $80,980130
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,940
Associate's degree
$40,620 – $59,990130
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $78,580140
14Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,620 – $78,030100
15Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$48,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $69,59070
16New Accounts Clerks$48,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,330 – $64,48040
17Office Clerks, General$47,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,400 – $64,7902,310
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,060 – $72,6801,290
19Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $59,990110
20Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $63,690130
21Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,420 – $64,79070
22Billing and Posting Clerks$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,360 – $61,560490
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $61,810300
24Data Entry Keyers$44,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $56,170170
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,890 – $48,4101,330
26Bill and Account Collectors$43,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $57,80060
27File Clerks$41,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $67,410100
28Customer Service Representatives$40,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,210 – $59,9501,510
29Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $46,41050
30Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,920 – $47,77090
31Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$37,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,450 – $48,84040
32Tellers$37,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $45,400370
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,680670
34Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $42,790110
35Couriers and Messengers$34,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,880 – $44,51080
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $36,610140
37Library Assistants, Clerical$33,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $35,660140

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpringfield, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,510	$54,320 – $103,190	830
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,250	$41,300 – $96,490	620
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	50
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	280
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$47,440 – $75,280	140
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,680	$37,590 – $76,860	80
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,590	$44,950 – $79,190	70
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,390	$41,630 – $88,840	130
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,900	$36,000 – $83,950	80
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,780	$36,610 – $71,990	860
11	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$37,260 – $80,980	130
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,940	$40,620 – $59,990	130
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,430	$37,090 – $78,580	140
14	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,290	$39,620 – $78,030	100
15	Office Machine Operators, Except ComputerHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,290	$38,210 – $69,590	70
16	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,190	$38,330 – $64,480	40
17	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,990	$31,400 – $64,790	2,310
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,550	$34,060 – $72,680	1,290
19	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,260	$39,260 – $59,990	110
20	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,400	$37,580 – $63,690	130
21	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$35,420 – $64,790	70
22	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$38,360 – $61,560	490
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,560	$35,960 – $61,810	300
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,230	$31,200 – $56,170	170
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,350	$38,890 – $48,410	1,330
26	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,310	$35,040 – $57,800	60
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,030	$31,200 – $67,410	100
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,230	$31,210 – $59,950	1,510
29	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$32,130 – $46,410	50
30	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,530	$34,920 – $47,770	90
31	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,940	$31,450 – $48,840	40
32	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,360	$34,360 – $45,400	370
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,500	$31,200 – $46,680	670
34	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,820	$31,200 – $42,790	110
35	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,850	$31,880 – $44,510	80
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,210	$31,200 – $36,610	140
37	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,620	$31,200 – $35,660	140

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