High paying office and admin jobs in Dalton, GA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Dalton, GA 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 Dalton, GA run 10.2% below the national average (2024), so a Dalton, GA salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Dalton, GA · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,450
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040140
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,180 – $64,56060
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$49,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $61,41060
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $64,430120
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $76,130450
6Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,600
Some college, no degree
$29,640 – $62,530530
7New Accounts Clerks$45,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,420 – $77,43030
8Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$42,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $54,99050
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$42,000
Associate's degree
$32,240 – $45,57030
10Billing and Posting Clerks$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $53,090180
11Bill and Account Collectors$41,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $51,54030
12Customer Service Representatives$39,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $54,2601,080
13Office Clerks, General$39,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,630 – $51,7601,030
14Data Entry Keyers$39,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,810 – $58,30040
15Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $46,920790
16Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$38,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $52,29040
17Tellers$38,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $46,010110
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,410 – $53,670590
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,340 – $47,740430
20Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$35,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,150 – $69,50040
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,020 – $42,260340
22Order Clerks$31,630
Some college, no degree
$31,630 – $42,56070

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

#	Occupation	MedianDalton, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,450	$42,390 – $81,040	140
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,780	$35,180 – $64,560	60
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,720	$37,840 – $61,410	60
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$38,420 – $64,430	120
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$37,750 – $76,130	450
6	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,600	$29,640 – $62,530	530
7	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,320	$33,420 – $77,430	30
8	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,060	$33,330 – $54,990	50
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$42,000	$32,240 – $45,570	30
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$32,130 – $53,090	180
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,030	$34,980 – $51,540	30
12	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,730	$30,300 – $54,260	1,080
13	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,310	$27,630 – $51,760	1,030
14	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,110	$26,810 – $58,300	40
15	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$32,930 – $46,920	790
16	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,900	$35,360 – $52,290	40
17	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,660	$32,930 – $46,010	110
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$24,410 – $53,670	590
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,200	$30,340 – $47,740	430
20	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,400	$31,150 – $69,500	40
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,570	$25,020 – $42,260	340
22	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$31,630	$31,630 – $42,560	70

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