High paying office and admin jobs in Columbus, IN with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Columbus, IN 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 Columbus, IN run 7.0% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, IN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Columbus, IN · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,04090
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,910 – $91,010210
3Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$55,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $82,13040
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,090 – $84,02060
5Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,660
Some college, no degree
$33,880 – $62,400360
6Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $54,25040
7Office Clerks, General$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,440 – $62,030790
8Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $57,400470
9Billing and Posting Clerks$44,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,400 – $63,630100
10Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $60,700220
11Customer Service Representatives$42,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,310 – $61,390600
12Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $53,840390
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$38,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $73,51060
14Tellers$37,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,560 – $45,270120
15Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,210 – $47,260240
16Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,560 – $35,51090

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$42,390 – $81,040	90
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,180	$45,910 – $91,010	210
3	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,820	$39,450 – $82,130	40
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,160	$39,090 – $84,020	60
5	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,660	$33,880 – $62,400	360
6	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$35,810 – $54,250	40
7	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$30,440 – $62,030	790
8	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,780	$36,720 – $57,400	470
9	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,780	$35,400 – $63,630	100
10	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$31,010 – $60,700	220
11	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,700	$32,310 – $61,390	600
12	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,110	$35,780 – $53,840	390
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,960	$37,230 – $73,510	60
14	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,110	$33,560 – $45,270	120
15	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,560	$26,210 – $47,260	240
16	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,850	$28,560 – $35,510	90

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