High paying office and admin jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 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 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA run 12.9% below the national average (2024), so a Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$63,970
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,750 – $65,98050
3Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$61,570
No formal educational credential
$50,770 – $75,03060
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,250 – $88,050500
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040200
6Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$59,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,950 – $81,500170
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$57,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $68,39050
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,510 – $76,360160
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,590 – $66,53040
10Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,660
Associate's degree
$33,360 – $65,42040
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $59,90070
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $63,12090
13File Clerks$48,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,340 – $62,66050
14Billing and Posting Clerks$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,740 – $59,900140
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,540
Some college, no degree
$32,160 – $64,660580
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,660 – $62,500330
17Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $62,91060
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $63,690190
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,270 – $62,100720
20Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,990 – $70,28070
21Data Entry Keyers$45,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,910 – $54,24060
22Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $59,42050
23Office Clerks, General$43,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,000 – $61,2001,220
24New Accounts Clerks$42,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $50,24050
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $48,410620
26Word Processors and Typists$40,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,660 – $49,56040
27Order Clerks$39,680
Some college, no degree
$35,950 – $50,74030
28Customer Service Representatives$39,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,740 – $61,2301,540
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$39,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $46,310110
30Tellers$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,890 – $47,670320
31Couriers and Messengers$38,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $40,29040
32Bill and Account Collectors$37,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,120 – $56,040170
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,030 – $45,890240
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,380 – $35,770140
35Library Assistants, Clerical$26,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,940 – $32,35060

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

#	Occupation	MedianWaterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,970	$42,600 – $75,030	40
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,570	$51,750 – $65,980	50
3	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$50,770 – $75,030	60
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,420	$39,250 – $88,050	500
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	200
6	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,770	$45,950 – $81,500	170
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,660	$46,040 – $68,390	50
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,430	$44,510 – $76,360	160
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,300	$39,590 – $66,530	40
10	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,660	$33,360 – $65,420	40
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,720	$38,610 – $59,900	70
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,300	$35,930 – $63,120	90
13	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,490	$39,340 – $62,660	50
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$40,740 – $59,900	140
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,540	$32,160 – $64,660	580
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,950	$32,660 – $62,500	330
17	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,840	$28,970 – $62,910	60
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,800	$39,110 – $63,690	190
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,230	$35,270 – $62,100	720
20	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,810	$25,990 – $70,280	70
21	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,520	$35,910 – $54,240	60
22	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,990	$36,750 – $59,420	50
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,980	$29,000 – $61,200	1,220
24	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,700	$37,890 – $50,240	50
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,660	$35,360 – $48,410	620
26	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,630	$36,660 – $49,560	40
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$39,680	$35,950 – $50,740	30
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,530	$28,740 – $61,230	1,540
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,530	$36,210 – $46,310	110
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$33,890 – $47,670	320
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,410	$31,420 – $40,290	40
32	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,840	$33,120 – $56,040	170
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,590	$27,030 – $45,890	240
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,190	$21,380 – $35,770	140
35	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,790	$17,940 – $32,350	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. 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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