High paying office and admin jobs in Ann Arbor, MI with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Ann Arbor, MI 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 Ann Arbor, MI run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Ann Arbor, MI salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Ann Arbor, MI · Employed

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$63,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,260 – $70,660140
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,530 – $72,72090
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,870 – $93,940140
4Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$61,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,350 – $76,790130
5Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$61,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $71,800140
6Information and Record Clerks, All Other$60,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,720 – $71,64090
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,800 – $79,450140
8Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$59,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $96,020100
9Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040400
10Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$51,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,160 – $64,970670
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,220
Associate's degree
$41,100 – $64,560130
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,100
Some college, no degree
$37,440 – $73,1101,510
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,860 – $62,170210
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$50,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $65,5202,290
15Bill and Account Collectors$49,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $64,73070
16Billing and Posting Clerks$49,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,430 – $58,870620
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,240 – $81,060180
18Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,530 – $71,050140
19File Clerks$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $67,61090
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,330 – $50,8001,930
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $61,480720
22Data Entry Keyers$40,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,810 – $53,170130
23Tellers$39,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $47,090360
24Customer Service Representatives$39,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,300 – $61,8403,440
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $47,7201,500
26Office Clerks, General$38,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $66,5605,460
27Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $38,030220
28Library Assistants, Clerical$34,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $50,410840

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

#	Occupation	MedianAnn Arbor, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,040	$48,260 – $70,660	140
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,040	$45,530 – $72,720	90
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$46,870 – $93,940	140
4	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,660	$37,350 – $76,790	130
5	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,160	$38,780 – $71,800	140
6	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,610	$47,720 – $71,640	90
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,770	$42,800 – $79,450	140
8	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,370	$36,860 – $96,020	100
9	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$43,120 – $81,040	400
10	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,640	$40,160 – $64,970	670
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,220	$41,100 – $64,560	130
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,100	$37,440 – $73,110	1,510
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,730	$39,860 – $62,170	210
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,600	$37,380 – $65,520	2,290
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,810	$37,760 – $64,730	70
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,260	$40,430 – $58,870	620
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,030	$27,240 – $81,060	180
18	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$41,530 – $71,050	140
19	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$37,240 – $67,610	90
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,740	$38,330 – $50,800	1,930
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,250	$35,920 – $61,480	720
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,780	$33,810 – $53,170	130
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,900	$35,810 – $47,090	360
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,480	$34,300 – $61,840	3,440
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,190	$30,200 – $47,720	1,500
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,350	$33,840 – $66,560	5,460
27	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,460	$29,690 – $38,030	220
28	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,510	$34,510 – $50,410	840

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