High paying office and admin jobs in Auburn-Opelika, AL with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Auburn-Opelika, AL 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 Auburn-Opelika, AL run 12.1% below the national average (2024), so a Auburn-Opelika, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Auburn-Opelika, AL · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$58,470
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03040
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,930
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040190
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$55,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $78,52060
4Information and Record Clerks, All Other$54,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $65,30050
5Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$51,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $62,04030
6Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,570
Associate's degree
$32,310 – $68,31040
7Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $92,60070
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $61,05060
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,710 – $58,89070
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,330 – $57,160100
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,270
Some college, no degree
$30,620 – $57,900560
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$40,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $54,04060
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,610 – $56,6901,570
14Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,350 – $59,95040
15Billing and Posting Clerks$39,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $57,50090
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $56,160290
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$37,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,340 – $47,22050
18Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$36,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $54,91040
19Tellers$36,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $45,620180
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,890 – $49,940500
21Customer Service Representatives$35,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,620 – $52,320960
22Data Entry Keyers$34,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,030 – $43,67030
23Office Clerks, General$32,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,350 – $51,560550
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $38,530330
25Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,080 – $35,640160
26Library Assistants, Clerical$23,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,560 – $29,72040

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

#	Occupation	MedianAuburn-Opelika, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$42,600 – $75,030	40
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,930	$42,390 – $81,040	190
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,000	$36,940 – $78,520	60
4	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,580	$38,880 – $65,300	50
5	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,830	$36,380 – $62,040	30
6	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,570	$32,310 – $68,310	40
7	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$36,820 – $92,600	70
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$36,500 – $61,050	60
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$32,710 – $58,890	70
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,560	$31,330 – $57,160	100
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,270	$30,620 – $57,900	560
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,830	$29,210 – $54,040	60
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,460	$28,610 – $56,690	1,570
14	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,880	$29,350 – $59,950	40
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,100	$35,100 – $57,500	90
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,530	$29,640 – $56,160	290
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,750	$33,340 – $47,220	50
18	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,640	$30,160 – $54,910	40
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,410	$31,200 – $45,620	180
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,320	$29,890 – $49,940	500
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,810	$29,620 – $52,320	960
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,240	$29,030 – $43,670	30
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,480	$18,350 – $51,560	550
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,600	$22,570 – $38,530	330
25	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,730	$23,080 – $35,640	160
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,300	$22,560 – $29,720	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Auburn-Opelika, AL. 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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