High paying office and admin jobs in Altoona, PA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Altoona, PA 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 Altoona, PA run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a Altoona, PA 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.

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, Altoona, PA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$68,540
No formal educational credential
$61,050 – $75,03030
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040160
3Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,430
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,03050
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$55,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $67,370250
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $70,57040
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $77,290100
7Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $64,26080
8Billing and Posting Clerks$42,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,880 – $57,240150
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$42,660
Some college, no degree
$30,020 – $57,820470
10Office Clerks, General$42,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,450 – $56,6901,240
11Bill and Account Collectors$42,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,310 – $57,50050
12Data Entry Keyers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,430 – $51,12030
13Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,290 – $54,500240
14Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$41,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,670 – $51,74030
15Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,580 – $47,460280
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,390 – $53,690640
17Customer Service Representatives$37,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,070 – $52,080800
18Tellers$36,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $42,010200
19Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,180 – $42,600370
20Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$31,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,900 – $70,24030
21Couriers and Messengers$30,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,100 – $44,22030
22Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,340 – $33,10090

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

#	Occupation	MedianAltoona, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$68,540	$61,050 – $75,030	30
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	160
3	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$48,880 – $75,030	50
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,220	$47,740 – $67,370	250
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,790	$37,680 – $70,570	40
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,540	$38,210 – $77,290	100
7	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,010	$35,960 – $64,260	80
8	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,850	$33,880 – $57,240	150
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,660	$30,020 – $57,820	470
10	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,460	$26,450 – $56,690	1,240
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,330	$29,310 – $57,500	50
12	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$31,430 – $51,120	30
13	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,200	$30,290 – $54,500	240
14	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,190	$31,670 – $51,740	30
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,910	$32,580 – $47,460	280
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$27,390 – $53,690	640
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,540	$28,070 – $52,080	800
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,430	$33,330 – $42,010	200
19	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,240	$22,180 – $42,600	370
20	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,060	$25,900 – $70,240	30
21	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,770	$30,100 – $44,220	30
22	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,680	$22,340 – $33,100	90

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