High paying office and admin jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in St. Louis, MO-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 St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× 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

Find office jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL

OccupationMedian, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,470 – $102,8609,840
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,380 – $98,1403,990
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0403,450
4Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030590
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $81,2601,530
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$56,390
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,2801,410
7Public Safety Telecommunicators$56,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,430 – $67,8201,110
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$51,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $85,2403,680
9Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $66,5801,040
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,970
Some college, no degree
$37,680 – $74,0909,950
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,280 – $65,1302,000
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $76,5001,660
13Cargo and Freight Agents$48,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $78,060700
14Bill and Account Collectors$48,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,720 – $63,8501,590
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $79,3501,380
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,960
Associate's degree
$36,250 – $66,950490
17Billing and Posting Clerks$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,530 – $61,9404,030
18Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,640 – $92,220730
19Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $57,870510
20Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,590 – $66,2101,720
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,070 – $62,04015,000
22Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $73,760840
23Customer Service Representatives$45,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,160 – $65,62023,760
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $56,0906,570
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $63,9305,680
26Order Clerks$45,090
Some college, no degree
$31,610 – $87,200450
27Office Clerks, General$44,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $64,83022,540
28Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$43,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $78,640680
29Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$43,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $64,7001,680
30Couriers and Messengers$42,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,330 – $47,950540
31File Clerks$40,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $66,870580
32Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $48,0301,310
33Data Entry Keyers$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $54,400910
34Tellers$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,280 – $49,1703,580
35Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,230 – $48,080720
36Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $47,5008,700
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,130 – $37,9901,590
38Library Assistants, Clerical$33,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $40,240910

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,590	$46,470 – $102,860	9,840
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,500	$47,380 – $98,140	3,990
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	3,450
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	590
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,190	$37,240 – $81,260	1,530
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$56,390	$42,600 – $75,280	1,410
7	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,250	$43,430 – $67,820	1,110
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,260	$36,900 – $85,240	3,680
9	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,210	$39,420 – $66,580	1,040
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,970	$37,680 – $74,090	9,950
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,790	$38,280 – $65,130	2,000
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,650	$36,630 – $76,500	1,660
13	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,780	$33,360 – $78,060	700
14	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,310	$32,720 – $63,850	1,590
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,200	$38,560 – $79,350	1,380
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,960	$36,250 – $66,950	490
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$38,530 – $61,940	4,030
18	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$36,640 – $92,220	730
19	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,480	$31,200 – $57,870	510
20	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,210	$30,590 – $66,210	1,720
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,200	$32,070 – $62,040	15,000
22	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,970	$38,900 – $73,760	840
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,800	$34,160 – $65,620	23,760
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$36,310 – $56,090	6,570
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$34,790 – $63,930	5,680
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,090	$31,610 – $87,200	450
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,980	$31,200 – $64,830	22,540
28	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,820	$33,860 – $78,640	680
29	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,670	$36,250 – $64,700	1,680
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,680	$35,330 – $47,950	540
31	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,850	$31,200 – $66,870	580
32	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$37,260 – $48,030	1,310
33	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$32,210 – $54,400	910
34	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$31,280 – $49,170	3,580
35	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,010	$31,230 – $48,080	720
36	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,470	$30,550 – $47,500	8,700
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,970	$30,130 – $37,990	1,590
38	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,900	$30,050 – $40,240	910

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-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.

More for St. Louis, MO-IL

Other metro areas in MO

By field in St. Louis, MO-IL

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in St. Louis, MO-IL to rank honestly.

High paying office and admin jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL with no degree

More for St. Louis, MO-IL

Other metro areas in MO

By field in St. Louis, MO-IL

Without a degree

High paying office and admin jobs in each state with no degree