High paying office and admin jobs in Delaware with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Delaware 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 Delaware run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Delaware salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Delaware.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Delaware · Employed

1Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$66,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,960 – $91,310980
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,230 – $92,440450
3Postal Service Clerks$61,710
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030230
4Financial Clerks, All Other$60,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,190 – $73,780590
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,130
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,280410
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,690 – $78,030950
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$57,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $68,640670
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,680 – $86,620320
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$54,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $67,890240
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$53,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,150 – $82,610260
12Billing and Posting Clerks$52,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $76,3601,270
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,780
Some college, no degree
$38,130 – $71,4104,600
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,850
Associate's degree
$40,800 – $66,190290
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,180 – $63,280720
16Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,170 – $77,150750
17Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$49,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $58,240570
18Customer Service Representatives$48,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $75,9707,470
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $64,1706,320
20Bill and Account Collectors$46,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $63,490990
21Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $62,170280
22Tellers$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,620 – $49,6001,400
23Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$44,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $53,610980
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $57,9804,510
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,530 – $60,5102,630
26Office Clerks, General$42,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $59,5507,230
27Order Clerks$41,430
Some college, no degree
$32,130 – $57,970170
28Couriers and Messengers$38,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,960 – $46,810170
29Data Entry Keyers$37,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,400 – $56,100410
30Library Assistants, Clerical$37,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $39,700270
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $46,340630
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $47,6102,880
33Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$35,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,720180
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $38,340740

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

#	Occupation	MedianDelaware	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,130	$43,960 – $91,310	980
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,700	$44,230 – $92,440	450
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,710	$42,600 – $75,030	230
4	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,340	$51,190 – $73,780	590
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	1,130
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$47,440 – $75,280	410
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$35,690 – $78,030	950
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,170	$37,710 – $68,640	670
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,430	$38,680 – $86,620	320
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,240	$36,500 – $67,890	240
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,140	$47,150 – $82,610	260
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,110	$38,780 – $76,360	1,270
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,780	$38,130 – $71,410	4,600
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,850	$40,800 – $66,190	290
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$40,180 – $63,280	720
16	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,620	$32,170 – $77,150	750
17	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,010	$40,260 – $58,240	570
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,190	$36,080 – $75,970	7,470
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,970	$35,930 – $64,170	6,320
20	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,680	$37,840 – $63,490	990
21	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,120	$34,690 – $62,170	280
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$37,620 – $49,600	1,400
23	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,600	$35,620 – $53,610	980
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,500	$36,400 – $57,980	4,510
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,120	$34,530 – $60,510	2,630
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,740	$31,200 – $59,550	7,230
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$41,430	$32,130 – $57,970	170
28	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,760	$33,960 – $46,810	170
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,810	$31,400 – $56,100	410
30	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,090	$31,200 – $39,700	270
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,450	$31,750 – $46,340	630
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$31,200 – $47,610	2,880
33	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,980	$31,200 – $46,720	180
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,730	$31,200 – $38,340	740

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