High paying office and admin jobs in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV run 8.9% above the national average (2024), so a Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$90,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,960 – $121,33012,960
2Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$77,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,920 – $121,2102,970
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$76,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,310 – $120,53023,390
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$66,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,760 – $94,1402,150
5Postal Service Clerks$64,630
No formal educational credential
$53,290 – $76,3601,130
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,0406,250
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$63,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $88,0902,010
8Information and Record Clerks, All Other$61,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,250 – $82,2804,320
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$61,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $80,4801,320
10Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,490 – $95,4603,570
11Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $76,3602,260
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$59,290
Some college, no degree
$41,520 – $79,39018,550
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$59,120
Associate's degree
$43,200 – $77,4201,610
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$59,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,400 – $78,9901,910
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$58,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,810 – $76,7101,230
16Bill and Account Collectors$58,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $78,5201,960
17Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$57,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $104,7705,910
18Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$57,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,260 – $83,0503,540
19Billing and Posting Clerks$55,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,300 – $78,1704,450
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$53,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $79,66037,010
21Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$53,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,690 – $73,9302,040
22Office Clerks, General$51,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $76,24039,410
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$49,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,930 – $74,5902,250
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,710 – $61,75018,960
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,390 – $73,9209,810
26Tellers$46,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,130 – $56,6904,060
27Library Assistants, Clerical$46,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,670 – $61,4601,290
28Customer Service Representatives$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $73,15036,750
29Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $77,3802,100
30Couriers and Messengers$44,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,770 – $59,5701,010
31File Clerks$43,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,870 – $59,1301,700
32Data Entry Keyers$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $64,2201,620
33Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$41,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $61,0201,540
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$41,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,600 – $54,79017,920
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,760 – $47,9204,530

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

#	Occupation	MedianWashington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$90,320	$60,960 – $121,330	12,960
2	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,220	$52,920 – $121,210	2,970
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,400	$50,310 – $120,530	23,390
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,130	$49,760 – $94,140	2,150
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,630	$53,290 – $76,360	1,130
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$43,120 – $81,040	6,250
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,440	$31,750 – $88,090	2,010
8	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,760	$41,250 – $82,280	4,320
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,260	$47,740 – $80,480	1,320
10	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,990	$43,490 – $95,460	3,570
11	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$45,530 – $76,360	2,260
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$59,290	$41,520 – $79,390	18,550
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$59,120	$43,200 – $77,420	1,610
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,070	$44,400 – $78,990	1,910
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,580	$40,810 – $76,710	1,230
16	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,110	$37,220 – $78,520	1,960
17	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,160	$35,950 – $104,770	5,910
18	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,160	$42,260 – $83,050	3,540
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,920	$45,300 – $78,170	4,450
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,660	$37,890 – $79,660	37,010
21	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,210	$43,690 – $73,930	2,040
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,880	$36,230 – $76,240	39,410
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,700	$39,930 – $74,590	2,250
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,280	$39,710 – $61,750	18,960
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,620	$36,390 – $73,920	9,810
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,880	$38,130 – $56,690	4,060
27	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,820	$32,670 – $61,460	1,290
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$35,640 – $73,150	36,750
29	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$38,070 – $77,380	2,100
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,840	$36,770 – $59,570	1,010
31	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,270	$33,870 – $59,130	1,700
32	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$31,750 – $64,220	1,620
33	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,760	$31,990 – $61,020	1,540
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,240	$33,600 – $54,790	17,920
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,690	$34,760 – $47,920	4,530

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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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