High paying office and admin jobs in State College, PA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in State College, PA 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 State College, PA run 3.2% below the national average (2024), so a State College, PA 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, State College, PA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$61,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,440 – $85,860170
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,620 – $92,300510
3Postal Service Clerks$58,880
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $69,85040
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,760
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040140
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $80,63050
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,110 – $77,07070
7Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,210 – $63,42040
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,810
Associate's degree
$38,260 – $58,43040
9File Clerks$48,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $71,42060
10Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,920 – $57,2201,140
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,890 – $76,04050
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,370
Some college, no degree
$34,270 – $60,740490
13Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $53,110250
14Billing and Posting Clerks$43,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,780 – $56,800130
15Office Clerks, General$43,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,110 – $58,1601,460
16Customer Service Representatives$42,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,740 – $60,560940
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,500 – $59,780230
18Tellers$37,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,410 – $56,040190
19Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$37,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,650 – $48,80040
20Library Assistants, Clerical$35,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,980 – $44,860120
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,260 – $44,610470
22Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$34,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $42,66060
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,210 – $35,950180

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

#	Occupation	MedianState College, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,680	$46,440 – $85,860	170
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,120	$43,620 – $92,300	510
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$58,880	$42,600 – $69,850	40
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,760	$42,390 – $81,040	140
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,680	$38,960 – $80,630	50
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,550	$35,110 – $77,070	70
7	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,930	$40,210 – $63,420	40
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,810	$38,260 – $58,430	40
9	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,280	$35,780 – $71,420	60
10	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,700	$34,920 – $57,220	1,140
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,640	$34,890 – $76,040	50
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,370	$34,270 – $60,740	490
13	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,280	$36,100 – $53,110	250
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,950	$36,780 – $56,800	130
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,920	$26,110 – $58,160	1,460
16	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,590	$28,740 – $60,560	940
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,060	$30,500 – $59,780	230
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,710	$34,410 – $56,040	190
19	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,100	$31,650 – $48,800	40
20	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,370	$21,980 – $44,860	120
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,860	$22,260 – $44,610	470
22	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,000	$32,940 – $42,660	60
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,500	$24,210 – $35,950	180

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in State College, PA. 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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