High paying office and admin jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 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, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$63,380
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,0401,370
2Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$53,290 – $75,030260
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$61,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,160 – $76,6701,030
4Brokerage Clerks$60,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,620 – $80,250240
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$60,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $75,470380
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$57,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,720 – $80,880650
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$55,690
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,030330
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,320 – $73,300630
9Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$55,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,880 – $79,1502,110
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,610
Some college, no degree
$38,400 – $69,2605,890
11Procurement Clerks$50,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $66,080210
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $76,830540
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,020 – $73,270490
14Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,160 – $64,420300
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,000
Associate's degree
$35,600 – $63,890550
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,670 – $67,330500
17Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,900 – $61,790490
18Billing and Posting Clerks$47,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $62,6502,000
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,330 – $60,770480
20Word Processors and Typists$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,360 – $59,2201,300
21Order Clerks$47,020
Some college, no degree
$35,770 – $62,980250
22New Accounts Clerks$46,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,400 – $59,070240
23Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $62,1206,470
24Office Clerks, General$46,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,730 – $60,7606,230
25Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,990 – $60,320180
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $57,6803,110
27Cargo and Freight Agents$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,780 – $65,880980
28Customer Service Representatives$45,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $62,8009,850
29Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $61,8802,330
30Tellers$43,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $45,340830
31Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$41,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $52,370170
32Data Entry Keyers$41,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,240 – $53,680410
33Bill and Account Collectors$40,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $59,8502,540
34Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$40,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $50,870300
35Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $49,820220
36Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,460 – $49,0903,930
37Couriers and Messengers$36,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $44,640630
38Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $46,700700
39Library Assistants, Clerical$32,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,580 – $48,830380

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

#	Occupation	MedianBuffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$63,380	$43,120 – $81,040	1,370
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$53,290 – $75,030	260
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,170	$42,160 – $76,670	1,030
4	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,540	$52,620 – $80,250	240
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,380	$40,110 – $75,470	380
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,260	$39,720 – $80,880	650
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$55,690	$45,530 – $75,030	330
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,650	$42,320 – $73,300	630
9	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,290	$39,880 – $79,150	2,110
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,610	$38,400 – $69,260	5,890
11	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,610	$38,690 – $66,080	210
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,290	$38,480 – $76,830	540
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$39,020 – $73,270	490
14	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,500	$42,160 – $64,420	300
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,000	$35,600 – $63,890	550
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$33,670 – $67,330	500
17	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,410	$45,900 – $61,790	490
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,950	$38,100 – $62,650	2,000
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$39,330 – $60,770	480
20	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$36,360 – $59,220	1,300
21	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,020	$35,770 – $62,980	250
22	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,840	$44,400 – $59,070	240
23	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$35,380 – $62,120	6,470
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,040	$32,730 – $60,760	6,230
25	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$33,990 – $60,320	180
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$37,260 – $57,680	3,110
27	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$39,780 – $65,880	980
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,520	$35,360 – $62,800	9,850
29	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$35,260 – $61,880	2,330
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,980	$37,740 – $45,340	830
31	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,330	$37,280 – $52,370	170
32	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,090	$33,240 – $53,680	410
33	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,260	$34,910 – $59,850	2,540
34	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,220	$32,240 – $50,870	300
35	Office Machine Operators, Except ComputerHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$35,250 – $49,820	220
36	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,960	$32,460 – $49,090	3,930
37	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,740	$32,240 – $44,640	630
38	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$32,240 – $46,700	700
39	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,690	$32,580 – $48,830	380

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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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