High paying office and admin jobs in Tucson, AZ with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Tucson, AZ 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 Tucson, AZ run 3.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tucson, AZ 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, Tucson, AZ · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,540 – $94,090720
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $82,740870
3Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030180
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $84,6603,500
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,430 – $83,4501,320
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,870
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030210
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$50,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $63,410540
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$49,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,340 – $60,440260
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $70,820330
10Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,580 – $71,640360
11Gambling Cage Workers$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,160 – $51,590220
12Procurement Clerks$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $62,250180
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $66,630270
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,150
Some college, no degree
$35,310 – $62,9802,640
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,710 – $63,650510
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,830
Associate's degree
$36,610 – $60,030180
17Billing and Posting Clerks$45,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $55,920980
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,010 – $60,6003,630
19Bill and Account Collectors$44,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $61,460500
20Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $61,140840
21Office Clerks, General$43,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $61,2608,070
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $58,0701,970
23Tellers$42,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $47,020500
24Data Entry Keyers$42,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $53,760320
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$42,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $58,030280
26Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$41,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,720 – $59,190690
27Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,830 – $55,1902,050
28File Clerks$40,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,180 – $51,150280
29Customer Service Representatives$40,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,580 – $57,0107,880
30Library Assistants, Clerical$38,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $38,110370
31Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $63,070540
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,160 – $45,5202,730
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,580 – $42,340770

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

#	Occupation	MedianTucson, AZ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,510	$48,540 – $94,090	720
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$42,390 – $82,740	870
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $75,030	180
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$42,340 – $84,660	3,500
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,580	$42,430 – $83,450	1,320
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,870	$42,600 – $75,030	210
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,500	$39,870 – $63,410	540
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,200	$41,340 – $60,440	260
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$36,510 – $70,820	330
10	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,380	$30,580 – $71,640	360
11	Gambling Cage WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$32,160 – $51,590	220
12	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$34,790 – $62,250	180
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,270	$36,070 – $66,630	270
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,150	$35,310 – $62,980	2,640
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,000	$35,710 – $63,650	510
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,830	$36,610 – $60,030	180
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,260	$35,940 – $55,920	980
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$35,010 – $60,600	3,630
19	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,990	$37,280 – $61,460	500
20	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,960	$34,900 – $61,140	840
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,920	$34,740 – $61,260	8,070
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,840	$34,960 – $58,070	1,970
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,900	$37,390 – $47,020	500
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,140	$32,030 – $53,760	320
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,110	$35,100 – $58,030	280
26	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,690	$38,720 – $59,190	690
27	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,610	$34,830 – $55,190	2,050
28	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,540	$34,180 – $51,150	280
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,090	$33,580 – $57,010	7,880
30	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,110	$35,860 – $38,110	370
31	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,050	$36,710 – $63,070	540
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,040	$31,160 – $45,520	2,730
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,470	$30,580 – $42,340	770

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