High paying office and admin jobs in Vermont with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Vermont 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 Vermont run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vermont salary is worth about 1.02× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Vermont.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Vermont · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$70,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,770 – $96,520770
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,930 – $91,9201,710
3Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030400
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,710 – $82,510430
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,280110
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$59,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,520 – $73,500280
7Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040690
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$58,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,440 – $70,800310
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,430 – $73,780260
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,010 – $70,690270
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$54,720
Some college, no degree
$41,720 – $74,9702,950
12Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$53,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,640 – $99,470190
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$53,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,350 – $70,460890
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,810
Associate's degree
$42,170 – $62,090140
15Billing and Posting Clerks$50,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,230 – $62,360890
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$50,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,250 – $63,340270
17Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,350 – $60,930290
18Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$49,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,540 – $59,980380
19Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,310 – $61,370390
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $64,410780
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,330 – $61,7403,360
22Office Clerks, General$48,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $63,7505,100
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $60,0102,390
24New Accounts Clerks$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,950 – $61,860190
25Customer Service Representatives$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $66,5302,870
26Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $58,350120
27Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $54,840120
28Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$44,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,300 – $47,960580
29Tellers$44,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $46,470930
30Data Entry Keyers$43,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,070 – $54,040290
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,830 – $46,8101,160
32Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $45,420140
33Library Assistants, Clerical$36,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,190 – $49,050350

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

#	Occupation	MedianVermont	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,770	$54,770 – $96,520	770
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,790	$49,930 – $91,920	1,710
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	400
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,560	$44,710 – $82,510	430
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$48,880 – $75,280	110
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,470	$47,520 – $73,500	280
7	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,040	690
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,530	$48,440 – $70,800	310
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,360	$40,430 – $73,780	260
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,340	$45,010 – $70,690	270
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$54,720	$41,720 – $74,970	2,950
12	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,410	$39,640 – $99,470	190
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,000	$44,350 – $70,460	890
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,810	$42,170 – $62,090	140
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,730	$42,230 – $62,360	890
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,710	$39,250 – $63,340	270
17	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,060	$43,350 – $60,930	290
18	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,480	$39,540 – $59,980	380
19	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,260	$45,310 – $61,370	390
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,080	$39,030 – $64,410	780
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$39,330 – $61,740	3,360
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,310	$36,940 – $63,750	5,100
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,200	$40,020 – $60,010	2,390
24	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$45,950 – $61,860	190
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$35,140 – $66,530	2,870
26	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,440	$40,260 – $58,350	120
27	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$37,430 – $54,840	120
28	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,940	$35,300 – $47,960	580
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,030	$37,950 – $46,470	930
30	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,280	$39,070 – $54,040	290
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$30,830 – $46,810	1,160
32	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$37,660 – $45,420	140
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,430	$29,190 – $49,050	350

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