High paying office and admin jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX run 3.1% above the national average (2024), so a Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0407,100
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $78,3903,800
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$58,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,020 – $72,8901,870
4Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$57,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $81,4907,100
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$56,390
No formal educational credential
$39,560 – $75,2803,850
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $83,01010,130
7Financial Clerks, All Other$54,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,620 – $76,6602,740
8Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$52,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $59,7801,670
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,150
Associate's degree
$39,730 – $69,7301,630
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,720
Some college, no degree
$36,980 – $74,97034,930
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,650 – $72,0606,300
12Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $68,7902,730
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,280 – $60,1202,840
14Cargo and Freight Agents$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,730 – $74,8302,570
15Billing and Posting Clerks$48,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,400 – $62,5807,960
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $76,8907,170
17Bill and Account Collectors$47,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $60,6508,950
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,990 – $64,20037,550
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,150 – $59,3604,220
20Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,020 – $63,1606,210
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $58,11021,700
22Order Clerks$45,590
Some college, no degree
$35,750 – $62,4401,890
23Customer Service Representatives$44,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,370 – $61,98096,930
24Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,730 – $61,27029,670
25Office Clerks, General$44,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $64,12052,740
26Data Entry Keyers$43,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $59,8605,610
27File Clerks$42,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,730 – $66,9303,170
28Information and Record Clerks, All Other$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $64,0004,410
29Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,590 – $83,6604,920
30Couriers and Messengers$41,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,520 – $51,6501,400
31Tellers$39,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,060 – $50,0506,010
32Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$38,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,590 – $78,91010,630
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,560 – $47,75021,380
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,570 – $43,2506,150

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

#	Occupation	MedianDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	7,100
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,230	$35,350 – $78,390	3,800
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,280	$45,020 – $72,890	1,870
4	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,340	$40,100 – $81,490	7,100
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$56,390	$39,560 – $75,280	3,850
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,360	$36,960 – $83,010	10,130
7	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,080	$47,620 – $76,660	2,740
8	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,420	$36,840 – $59,780	1,670
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,150	$39,730 – $69,730	1,630
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,720	$36,980 – $74,970	34,930
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,470	$39,650 – $72,060	6,300
12	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,500	$39,890 – $68,790	2,730
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,030	$40,280 – $60,120	2,840
14	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$38,730 – $74,830	2,570
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,290	$37,400 – $62,580	7,960
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,030	$33,360 – $76,890	7,170
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,790	$35,570 – $60,650	8,950
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,450	$32,990 – $64,200	37,550
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$27,150 – $59,360	4,220
20	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,690	$32,020 – $63,160	6,210
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,630	$35,790 – $58,110	21,700
22	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,590	$35,750 – $62,440	1,890
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,990	$31,370 – $61,980	96,930
24	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,310	$32,730 – $61,270	29,670
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,060	$28,770 – $64,120	52,740
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,110	$31,750 – $59,860	5,610
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,850	$29,730 – $66,930	3,170
28	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$34,840 – $64,000	4,410
29	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,690	$41,590 – $83,660	4,920
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,860	$35,520 – $51,650	1,400
31	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,270	$32,060 – $50,050	6,010
32	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,250	$30,590 – $78,910	10,630
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,060	$26,560 – $47,750	21,380
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,090	$24,570 – $43,250	6,150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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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