High paying office and admin jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH run 8.3% above the national average (2024), so a Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Employed

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$67,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,030 – $81,4501,360
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$66,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,510 – $89,4502,500
3Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$62,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,860 – $86,1902,580
4Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$62,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,750 – $105,1803,330
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,150 – $80,0201,660
6Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,0301,270
7Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,090
No formal educational credential
$48,940 – $81,0405,430
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,940 – $83,5104,130
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$60,960
Some college, no degree
$41,590 – $82,71021,170
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$60,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,350 – $72,0601,530
11Bill and Account Collectors$59,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,770 – $75,3802,260
12Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,2801,480
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$59,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,930 – $79,05028,540
14Billing and Posting Clerks$58,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,530 – $73,2605,710
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$57,440
Associate's degree
$45,110 – $71,4601,150
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,750 – $79,8602,440
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$55,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $74,2003,100
18Order Clerks$55,090
Some college, no degree
$46,670 – $72,9201,100
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$51,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,810 – $64,06016,330
20Office Clerks, General$50,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,030 – $71,77034,480
21Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$50,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,660 – $66,2502,440
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,360 – $68,91010,140
23Customer Service Representatives$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $75,95037,780
24Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $69,8201,360
25Data Entry Keyers$47,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $57,8801,460
26Tellers$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $55,7304,820
27Library Assistants, Clerical$45,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $60,6102,130
28Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$44,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $62,0901,470
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,870 – $55,75014,320
30Couriers and Messengers$43,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,080 – $60,8001,070
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$39,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,630 – $61,2402,980

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

#	Occupation	MedianBoston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,320	$48,030 – $81,450	1,360
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,930	$50,510 – $89,450	2,500
3	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,850	$47,860 – $86,190	2,580
4	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,690	$45,750 – $105,180	3,330
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,660	$50,150 – $80,020	1,660
6	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$54,330 – $75,030	1,270
7	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,090	$48,940 – $81,040	5,430
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,490	$39,940 – $83,510	4,130
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$60,960	$41,590 – $82,710	21,170
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,250	$47,350 – $72,060	1,530
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,800	$39,770 – $75,380	2,260
12	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$47,440 – $75,280	1,480
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,330	$42,930 – $79,050	28,540
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,100	$47,530 – $73,260	5,710
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$57,440	$45,110 – $71,460	1,150
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,560	$43,750 – $79,860	2,440
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,950	$46,010 – $74,200	3,100
18	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$55,090	$46,670 – $72,920	1,100
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,600	$43,810 – $64,060	16,330
20	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,710	$36,030 – $71,770	34,480
21	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,700	$44,660 – $66,250	2,440
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,980	$39,360 – $68,910	10,140
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$35,720 – $75,950	37,780
24	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$31,200 – $69,820	1,360
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,640	$36,400 – $57,880	1,460
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$39,030 – $55,730	4,820
27	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,890	$32,130 – $60,610	2,130
28	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,230	$40,750 – $62,090	1,470
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,930	$34,870 – $55,750	14,320
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,830	$37,080 – $60,800	1,070
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,990	$37,630 – $61,240	2,980

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. 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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