High paying office and admin jobs in York-Hanover, PA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in York-Hanover, PA 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 York-Hanover, PA run 4.0% below the national average (2024), so a York-Hanover, PA salary is worth about 1.04× 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, York-Hanover, PA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$66,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,480 – $93,270180
2Procurement Clerks$64,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,570 – $74,300170
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $94,2901,560
4Postal Service Clerks$62,130
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03090
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,770 – $79,580540
6Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$59,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,820 – $70,490180
7Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,570
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040440
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$57,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,910 – $71,970150
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $74,540170
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $76,790230
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,840 – $59,70090
12Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $61,770130
13Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,540 – $65,750120
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,620
Associate's degree
$34,130 – $62,570100
15Cargo and Freight Agents$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $72,99060
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $60,97060
17Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,590
Some college, no degree
$35,010 – $64,9701,270
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $60,7701,450
19Order Clerks$47,360
Some college, no degree
$36,760 – $58,24080
20Bill and Account Collectors$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $61,530120
21Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,650 – $56,55080
22Billing and Posting Clerks$45,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,190 – $61,680520
23Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,040 – $59,6801,820
24Office Clerks, General$44,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,970 – $62,4003,040
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,290 – $51,860890
26Customer Service Representatives$42,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,650 – $61,3102,330
27Data Entry Keyers$41,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $51,750140
28Tellers$39,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $48,790480
29Couriers and Messengers$39,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,250 – $49,09080
30Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$39,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $51,28080
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,640 – $46,4201,160
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,370 – $36,160220
33Library Assistants, Clerical$27,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,890 – $42,78090

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

#	Occupation	MedianYork-Hanover, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,210	$48,480 – $93,270	180
2	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,770	$46,570 – $74,300	170
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,250	$43,920 – $94,290	1,560
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,130	$42,600 – $75,030	90
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,380	$42,770 – $79,580	540
6	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,970	$34,820 – $70,490	180
7	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,570	$42,390 – $81,040	440
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,720	$47,910 – $71,970	150
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,960	$37,130 – $74,540	170
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,380	$30,300 – $76,790	230
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,770	$43,840 – $59,700	90
12	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$37,960 – $61,770	130
13	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,010	$30,540 – $65,750	120
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,620	$34,130 – $62,570	100
15	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$37,420 – $72,990	60
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$36,610 – $60,970	60
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,590	$35,010 – $64,970	1,270
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,480	$35,990 – $60,770	1,450
19	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,360	$36,760 – $58,240	80
20	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$37,260 – $61,530	120
21	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$33,650 – $56,550	80
22	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,090	$37,190 – $61,680	520
23	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,860	$33,040 – $59,680	1,820
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,620	$29,970 – $62,400	3,040
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,250	$37,290 – $51,860	890
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,420	$29,650 – $61,310	2,330
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,740	$31,570 – $51,750	140
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,950	$37,260 – $48,790	480
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,290	$28,250 – $49,090	80
30	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,030	$34,660 – $51,280	80
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$23,640 – $46,420	1,160
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,410	$23,370 – $36,160	220
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,890	$22,890 – $42,780	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in York-Hanover, PA. 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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