High paying office and admin jobs in Decatur, AL with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Decatur, AL 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 Decatur, AL run 12.8% below the national average (2024), so a Decatur, AL salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Decatur, AL · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$63,210
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03030
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,620170
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $83,160140
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $64,14060
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$52,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $76,61040
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $70,29040
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,060
Some college, no degree
$31,390 – $64,540580
8Billing and Posting Clerks$45,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $60,32080
9Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $70,530360
10Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$43,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,770 – $59,8101,260
11Bill and Account Collectors$42,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $49,92080
12Customer Service Representatives$41,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,690 – $55,810710
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $54,04060
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$38,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $50,85080
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,030 – $59,48050
16Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,530 – $52,180370
17Tellers$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,480 – $45,660210
18Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$36,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $49,00060
19Public Safety Telecommunicators$36,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,850 – $64,07040
20Data Entry Keyers$36,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,740 – $45,68040
21Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,850 – $42,820250
22Office Clerks, General$29,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,300 – $45,810240
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,530 – $34,85080

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

#	Occupation	MedianDecatur, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,210	$42,600 – $75,030	30
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,620	170
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,240	$45,480 – $83,160	140
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,040	$37,390 – $64,140	60
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,310	$36,930 – $76,610	40
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,810	$36,880 – $70,290	40
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,060	$31,390 – $64,540	580
8	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,120	$34,510 – $60,320	80
9	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,980	$34,270 – $70,530	360
10	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,900	$29,770 – $59,810	1,260
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,180	$34,480 – $49,920	80
12	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,070	$30,690 – $55,810	710
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$30,200 – $54,040	60
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,620	$34,720 – $50,850	80
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,440	$30,030 – $59,480	50
16	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,610	$27,530 – $52,180	370
17	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$33,480 – $45,660	210
18	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,210	$31,890 – $49,000	60
19	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,200	$31,850 – $64,070	40
20	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,160	$31,740 – $45,680	40
21	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,280	$21,850 – $42,820	250
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,930	$19,300 – $45,810	240
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,720	$22,530 – $34,850	80

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