High paying office and admin jobs in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Watertown-Fort Drum, NY salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Watertown-Fort Drum, NY · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$74,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,840 – $108,310180
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,610
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040120
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,760 – $86,890270
4Postal Service Clerks$59,970
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03060
5Procurement Clerks$52,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,260 – $63,50050
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,910 – $79,280110
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,770 – $60,86040
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,940
Associate's degree
$36,100 – $59,64040
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,100
Some college, no degree
$35,120 – $64,950390
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $63,40060
11Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $75,04070
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,240 – $61,240500
13Word Processors and Typists$45,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $61,250100
14Billing and Posting Clerks$45,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,970 – $61,100100
15Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,950 – $59,260140
16Office Clerks, General$40,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $57,510560
17Customer Service Representatives$39,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,400 – $57,340420
18Tellers$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $45,250110
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $48,280260
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $46,12050
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $47,500230
22Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $41,650100
23Library Assistants, Clerical$34,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $46,94080

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

#	Occupation	MedianWatertown-Fort Drum, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,090	$54,840 – $108,310	180
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,610	$42,390 – $81,040	120
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,750	$41,760 – $86,890	270
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,970	$42,600 – $75,030	60
5	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,920	$41,260 – $63,500	50
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,310	$40,910 – $79,280	110
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$41,770 – $60,860	40
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,940	$36,100 – $59,640	40
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,100	$35,120 – $64,950	390
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$32,240 – $63,400	60
11	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,280	$36,930 – $75,040	70
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,120	$35,240 – $61,240	500
13	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,810	$32,940 – $61,250	100
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,400	$34,970 – $61,100	100
15	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$32,950 – $59,260	140
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,820	$32,240 – $57,510	560
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,830	$32,400 – $57,340	420
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$36,600 – $45,250	110
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,140	$36,040 – $48,280	260
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,790	$37,760 – $46,120	50
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,160	$32,240 – $47,500	230
22	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,010	$32,240 – $41,650	100
23	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,090	$32,240 – $46,940	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY. 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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