High paying office and admin jobs in Albany, OR with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Albany, OR that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Albany, OR run 2.1% above the national average (2024), so a Albany, OR salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Albany, OR · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$68,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,560 – $76,94050
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$63,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,160 – $91,060120
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$61,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,610 – $73,74060
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040110
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$59,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,510 – $64,13040
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,220 – $72,08070
7Order Clerks$52,190
Some college, no degree
$39,200 – $53,74040
8Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$51,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,580 – $63,820310
9Billing and Posting Clerks$50,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,860 – $66,04090
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,820
Some college, no degree
$36,900 – $71,090540
11Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,210 – $68,430290
12Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,360 – $78,66060
13Office Clerks, General$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $63,630690
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,730 – $72,980120
15New Accounts Clerks$47,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,830 – $54,95040
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $62,110610
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,980 – $78,76070
18Customer Service Representatives$45,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,420 – $62,010330
19Tellers$43,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $45,54090
20Information and Record Clerks, All Other$40,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,580 – $58,550150
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,320 – $51,940280
22Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,880 – $39,11050

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlbany, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,280	$55,560 – $76,940	50
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,940	$47,160 – $91,060	120
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,670	$42,610 – $73,740	60
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	110
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,370	$44,510 – $64,130	40
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,480	$42,220 – $72,080	70
7	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$52,190	$39,200 – $53,740	40
8	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,650	$41,580 – $63,820	310
9	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,910	$41,860 – $66,040	90
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,820	$36,900 – $71,090	540
11	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,820	$35,210 – $68,430	290
12	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,750	$38,360 – $78,660	60
13	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$35,790 – $63,630	690
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,310	$37,730 – $72,980	120
15	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,860	$45,830 – $54,950	40
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$36,470 – $62,110	610
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,980	$45,980 – $78,760	70
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,080	$33,420 – $62,010	330
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,670	$37,230 – $45,540	90
20	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,780	$30,580 – $58,550	150
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,300	$31,320 – $51,940	280
22	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,930	$30,880 – $39,110	50

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