High paying office and admin jobs in Arkansas with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Arkansas 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 Arkansas run 13.1% below the national average (2024), so a Arkansas salary is worth about 1.15× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Arkansas.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Arkansas · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0403,030
2Postal Service Clerks$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030970
3Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280570
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,130 – $85,6002,390
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,020 – $65,1601,780
6Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,190
Associate's degree
$34,100 – $61,840720
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $71,2801,220
8Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $52,0001,100
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $55,150610
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $59,6901,500
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,220 – $61,4101,970
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$44,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,400 – $59,950950
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$42,840
Some college, no degree
$28,130 – $62,23012,510
14Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$42,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,310 – $80,990430
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,250 – $58,060610
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,310 – $58,3907,650
17Bill and Account Collectors$39,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,990 – $54,690850
18Billing and Posting Clerks$38,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,460 – $55,1804,390
19Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $56,6201,450
20Public Safety Telecommunicators$38,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $47,8601,460
21Customer Service Representatives$37,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $56,63020,680
22Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$37,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,540 – $55,0608,590
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,170 – $48,3702,990
24Office Clerks, General$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,400 – $55,05029,940
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,690 – $47,9602,190
26Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$36,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,410 – $50,6002,090
27Tellers$35,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,020 – $44,9504,250
28New Accounts Clerks$35,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $57,500730
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $43,93010,870
30Data Entry Keyers$33,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $49,9501,000
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,150 – $35,1402,420

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

#	Occupation	MedianArkansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,700	$42,390 – $81,040	3,030
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $75,030	970
3	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,280	570
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,350	$38,130 – $85,600	2,390
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,130	$30,020 – $65,160	1,780
6	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,190	$34,100 – $61,840	720
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$34,270 – $71,280	1,220
8	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,490	$35,640 – $52,000	1,100
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$37,230 – $55,150	610
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,220	$38,430 – $59,690	1,500
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$34,220 – $61,410	1,970
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,160	$24,400 – $59,950	950
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,840	$28,130 – $62,230	12,510
14	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,040	$30,310 – $80,990	430
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$31,250 – $58,060	610
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,500	$29,310 – $58,390	7,650
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,110	$27,990 – $54,690	850
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,780	$32,460 – $55,180	4,390
19	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,530	$31,140 – $56,620	1,450
20	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,240	$31,010 – $47,860	1,460
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,840	$30,150 – $56,630	20,680
22	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,630	$28,540 – $55,060	8,590
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,150	$31,170 – $48,370	2,990
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$25,400 – $55,050	29,940
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,000	$31,690 – $47,960	2,190
26	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,960	$28,410 – $50,600	2,090
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,710	$29,020 – $44,950	4,250
28	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,680	$30,850 – $57,500	730
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,840	$27,610 – $43,930	10,870
30	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,860	$29,140 – $49,950	1,000
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,300	$24,150 – $35,140	2,420

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