High paying office and admin jobs in Burlington, NC with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Burlington, NC 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 Burlington, NC run 6.8% below the national average (2024), so a Burlington, NC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Burlington, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$65,170
No formal educational credential
$56,390 – $75,03040
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,620170
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $74,63050
4Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$52,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $65,68030
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$50,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,370 – $65,620100
6Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,360 – $60,06080
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$49,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,440 – $63,65090
8Billing and Posting Clerks$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $61,05070
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$48,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,820 – $48,63070
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $73,25040
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,460
Some college, no degree
$31,900 – $66,820600
12New Accounts Clerks$47,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,670 – $72,84030
13Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$46,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,440 – $66,400110
14Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,770 – $66,17030
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $66,34070
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,340 – $59,530730
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,570 – $55,190620
18Tellers$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $48,76080
19Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $56,230310
20Customer Service Representatives$41,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $57,1501,290
21Library Assistants, Clerical$39,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,200 – $46,74060
22Office Clerks, General$38,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,700 – $60,920810
23Couriers and Messengers$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,560 – $42,220180
24Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,540 – $66,72030
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,450 – $41,260300
26Data Entry Keyers$35,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $51,16040

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

#	Occupation	MedianBurlington, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,170	$56,390 – $75,030	40
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,010	$42,390 – $81,620	170
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,440	$36,620 – $74,630	50
4	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,390	$38,480 – $65,680	30
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,960	$40,370 – $65,620	100
6	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,420	$19,360 – $60,060	80
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,670	$43,440 – $63,650	90
8	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$37,410 – $61,050	70
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,160	$42,820 – $48,630	70
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$39,580 – $73,250	40
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,460	$31,900 – $66,820	600
12	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,110	$44,670 – $72,840	30
13	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,440	$34,440 – $66,400	110
14	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,280	$33,770 – $66,170	30
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$35,610 – $66,340	70
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,630	$32,340 – $59,530	730
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$34,570 – $55,190	620
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$38,090 – $48,760	80
19	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,780	$31,420 – $56,230	310
20	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,040	$29,120 – $57,150	1,290
21	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,900	$33,200 – $46,740	60
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,760	$25,700 – $60,920	810
23	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$34,560 – $42,220	180
24	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$30,540 – $66,720	30
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,230	$24,450 – $41,260	300
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,860	$32,130 – $51,160	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Burlington, NC. 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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