High paying office and admin jobs in Yakima, WA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Yakima, WA 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 Yakima, WA run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Yakima, WA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Yakima, WA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$73,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,690 – $95,010180
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$73,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,740 – $101,570880
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$67,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,330 – $74,690210
4Postal Service Clerks$66,750
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$64,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $79,410110
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$63,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,350 – $75,61080
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$61,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,880 – $74,48090
8Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,28040
9Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,470
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040220
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$54,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,090 – $66,79050
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$53,560
Some college, no degree
$41,800 – $71,930940
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$53,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $64,44080
13Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$53,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,910 – $78,140190
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$52,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $74,240140
15Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$52,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,570 – $65,48030
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$52,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,240 – $64,3901,020
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,930
Associate's degree
$44,660 – $64,44040
18Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$50,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,200 – $58,75060
19Billing and Posting Clerks$50,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $64,720330
20Procurement Clerks$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,800 – $61,39060
21Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,990 – $61,45080
22Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $57,37060
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,650 – $57,790340
24Customer Service Representatives$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,290 – $61,810670
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $59,450620
26Office Clerks, General$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,690 – $60,7601,370
27Tellers$45,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,350 – $57,440250
28Bill and Account Collectors$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,880 – $59,82050
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$40,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $48,120890
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $45,220150
31Library Assistants, Clerical$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $49,850120

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

#	Occupation	MedianYakima, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,190	$53,690 – $95,010	180
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,050	$54,740 – $101,570	880
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,710	$55,330 – $74,690	210
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$66,750	$42,600 – $76,360	50
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,050	$39,570 – $79,410	110
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,240	$47,350 – $75,610	80
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,290	$48,880 – $74,480	90
8	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$42,600 – $75,280	40
9	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,470	$42,390 – $81,040	220
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,970	$46,090 – $66,790	50
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$53,560	$41,800 – $71,930	940
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,290	$38,930 – $64,440	80
13	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,040	$38,910 – $78,140	190
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,830	$37,010 – $74,240	140
15	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,780	$38,570 – $65,480	30
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,540	$41,240 – $64,390	1,020
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,930	$44,660 – $64,440	40
18	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,320	$39,200 – $58,750	60
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,140	$40,700 – $64,720	330
20	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$40,800 – $61,390	60
21	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,160	$45,990 – $61,450	80
22	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$39,280 – $57,370	60
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$39,650 – $57,790	340
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$36,290 – $61,810	670
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$36,200 – $59,450	620
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$36,690 – $60,760	1,370
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,450	$39,350 – $57,440	250
28	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$37,880 – $59,820	50
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,990	$34,650 – $48,120	890
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,960	$35,950 – $45,220	150
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$36,850 – $49,850	120

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