High paying office and admin jobs in Bangor, ME with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Bangor, ME 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 Bangor, ME run 3.5% below the national average (2024), so a Bangor, ME salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Bangor, ME · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$61,570
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $71,93070
2Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,300
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,280100
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040180
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $74,890100
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$52,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,010 – $65,16080
6Procurement Clerks$50,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,880 – $67,26050
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,220 – $59,480110
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,000
Some college, no degree
$39,510 – $66,500780
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $57,18090
10Bill and Account Collectors$48,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,130 – $58,88040
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,460 – $59,58090
12Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$48,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,830 – $59,980100
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$48,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,210 – $59,320870
14Billing and Posting Clerks$47,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,530 – $59,130230
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,920
Associate's degree
$43,570 – $60,57070
16Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,630 – $58,580650
17Data Entry Keyers$47,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,950 – $57,10030
18New Accounts Clerks$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,460 – $55,62050
19Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $62,750110
20Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $58,730260
21Office Clerks, General$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $57,7701,390
22Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$43,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,370 – $68,540100
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$43,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $49,420150
24Customer Service Representatives$42,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $59,430710
25Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$40,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $58,580140
26Information and Record Clerks, All Other$40,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,870 – $64,94040
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,760 – $46,100360
28Tellers$38,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $46,060290
29Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $46,900140

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

#	Occupation	MedianBangor, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$42,600 – $71,930	70
2	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,300	$47,440 – $75,280	100
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	180
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,490	$34,850 – $74,890	100
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,380	$43,010 – $65,160	80
6	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,110	$42,880 – $67,260	50
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,020	$39,220 – $59,480	110
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,000	$39,510 – $66,500	780
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$38,560 – $57,180	90
10	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,750	$43,130 – $58,880	40
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,670	$34,460 – $59,580	90
12	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,490	$41,830 – $59,980	100
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,170	$39,210 – $59,320	870
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,990	$39,530 – $59,130	230
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,920	$43,570 – $60,570	70
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,640	$38,630 – $58,580	650
17	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,530	$42,950 – $57,100	30
18	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$40,460 – $55,620	50
19	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$40,020 – $62,750	110
20	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,510	$36,410 – $58,730	260
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$33,860 – $57,770	1,390
22	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,690	$34,370 – $68,540	100
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,580	$36,810 – $49,420	150
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,530	$34,080 – $59,430	710
25	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,980	$34,930 – $58,580	140
26	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,330	$30,870 – $64,940	40
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,630	$34,760 – $46,100	360
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,740	$36,540 – $46,060	290
29	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,830	$30,550 – $46,900	140

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