High paying office and admin jobs in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX run 14.0% below the national average (2024), so a Brownsville-Harlingen, TX salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03050
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $86,470270
3Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,290 – $64,940120
4Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,900 – $63,52050
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,600 – $70,340180
6Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,970 – $72,800180
7Cargo and Freight Agents$46,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,040 – $73,15080
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $52,380250
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$42,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,020 – $57,530140
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$41,530
Some college, no degree
$28,620 – $60,1301,020
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$40,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,110 – $66,540190
12Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$40,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,700 – $62,36070
13New Accounts Clerks$39,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,050 – $48,82070
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$38,880
Associate's degree
$28,530 – $62,44060
15Bill and Account Collectors$38,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,470 – $65,790140
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$38,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,710 – $58,2101,760
17Customer Service Representatives$38,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,460 – $44,0004,880
18Tellers$37,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $44,470290
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $47,4401,050
20Public Safety Telecommunicators$37,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $43,17090
21Billing and Posting Clerks$36,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,160 – $48,860370
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$36,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $51,110660
23Loan Interviewers and Clerks$35,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,950 – $57,010140
24Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$35,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $49,030290
25Office Clerks, General$33,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,460 – $49,9402,900
26Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$31,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $47,670920
27File Clerks$31,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,060 – $58,920180
28Data Entry Keyers$28,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,550 – $47,140160
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$28,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,240 – $37,1701,070
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$26,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,040 – $29,060320
31Library Assistants, Clerical$24,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,860 – $29,64060

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

#	Occupation	MedianBrownsville-Harlingen, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $75,030	50
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $86,470	270
3	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,870	$31,290 – $64,940	120
4	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,630	$28,900 – $63,520	50
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$33,600 – $70,340	180
6	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,560	$29,970 – $72,800	180
7	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,090	$34,040 – $73,150	80
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$36,890 – $52,380	250
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,070	$29,020 – $57,530	140
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$41,530	$28,620 – $60,130	1,020
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,660	$28,110 – $66,540	190
12	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,660	$32,700 – $62,360	70
13	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,240	$32,050 – $48,820	70
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$38,880	$28,530 – $62,440	60
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,850	$27,470 – $65,790	140
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,800	$26,710 – $58,210	1,760
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,350	$27,460 – $44,000	4,880
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,660	$30,850 – $44,470	290
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,030	$30,520 – $47,440	1,050
20	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,020	$31,060 – $43,170	90
21	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,470	$29,160 – $48,860	370
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,230	$27,610 – $51,110	660
23	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,520	$19,950 – $57,010	140
24	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,300	$30,200 – $49,030	290
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,310	$22,460 – $49,940	2,900
26	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,630	$31,140 – $47,670	920
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,440	$23,060 – $58,920	180
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,980	$23,550 – $47,140	160
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,720	$22,240 – $37,170	1,070
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,530	$20,040 – $29,060	320
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,790	$23,860 – $29,640	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. 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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