High paying office and admin jobs in West Virginia with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in West Virginia 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 West Virginia run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a West Virginia salary is worth about 1.12× 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 West Virginia.

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

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OccupationMedian, West Virginia · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $95,090860
2Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030890
3Meter Readers, Utilities$59,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $86,880280
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280410
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,850
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $87,500750
7Information and Record Clerks, All Other$54,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $74,970620
8First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$53,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $80,3106,900
9Procurement Clerks$48,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $63,840520
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$47,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,990 – $63,390580
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,990 – $60,5901,200
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $71,970880
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $59,9801,330
14Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$44,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $60,960250
15Bill and Account Collectors$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $51,280670
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$42,990
Associate's degree
$34,090 – $58,510480
17Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$42,890
Some college, no degree
$30,890 – $58,5607,620
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$42,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $50,690840
19Financial Clerks, All Other$41,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,650 – $53,040520
20Public Safety Telecommunicators$40,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,060 – $52,940880
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,820 – $57,9708,820
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,330 – $67,7602,660
23Billing and Posting Clerks$39,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $55,9102,180
24Customer Service Representatives$38,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,590 – $56,9709,860
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $50,6901,550
26Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$37,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,580 – $50,3701,590
27Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$36,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,730 – $44,0302,480
28Data Entry Keyers$35,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,250 – $47,740660
29Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,390 – $50,480270
30Office Clerks, General$35,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $51,0109,430
31Couriers and Messengers$34,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $39,440240
32Tellers$34,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,680 – $39,3502,620
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,690 – $42,7405,470
34File Clerks$31,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,340 – $47,650260
35Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$31,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,190 – $46,140330
36Library Assistants, Clerical$30,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,380 – $36,840450
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$26,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,380 – $32,8701,730
38Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$26,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,450 – $59,050590

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

#	Occupation	MedianWest Virginia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,820	$40,670 – $95,090	860
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	890
3	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,430	$36,650 – $86,880	280
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,280	410
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	1,850
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,290	$39,790 – $87,500	750
7	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,950	$36,260 – $74,970	620
8	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,660	$37,830 – $80,310	6,900
9	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,050	$36,110 – $63,840	520
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,460	$30,990 – $63,390	580
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$27,990 – $60,590	1,200
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,620	$28,600 – $71,970	880
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$34,840 – $59,980	1,330
14	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,150	$35,220 – $60,960	250
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$35,590 – $51,280	670
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$42,990	$34,090 – $58,510	480
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,890	$30,890 – $58,560	7,620
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,490	$35,460 – $50,690	840
19	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,550	$30,650 – $53,040	520
20	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,490	$30,060 – $52,940	880
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,370	$28,820 – $57,970	8,820
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,940	$30,330 – $67,760	2,660
23	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,300	$31,110 – $55,910	2,180
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,430	$29,590 – $56,970	9,860
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,430	$30,910 – $50,690	1,550
26	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,810	$28,580 – $50,370	1,590
27	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,480	$29,730 – $44,030	2,480
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,900	$27,250 – $47,740	660
29	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,140	$21,390 – $50,480	270
30	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,020	$24,160 – $51,010	9,430
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,890	$29,640 – $39,440	240
32	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,560	$28,680 – $39,350	2,620
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,920	$23,690 – $42,740	5,470
34	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,600	$26,340 – $47,650	260
35	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,210	$27,190 – $46,140	330
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,800	$26,380 – $36,840	450
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,830	$22,380 – $32,870	1,730
38	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,580	$21,450 – $59,050	590

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