High paying office and admin jobs in Elkhart-Goshen, IN with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Elkhart-Goshen, 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 Elkhart-Goshen, IN run 9.7% below the national average (2024), so a Elkhart-Goshen, IN 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, Elkhart-Goshen, IN · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,510 – $83,990490
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $76,450110
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,490
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040170
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,870 – $70,200140
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,020 – $59,16040
6Procurement Clerks$49,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $61,830120
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,200 – $59,650100
8Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,810 – $81,92080
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,190
Some college, no degree
$34,910 – $66,3001,190
10Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $59,45070
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,140
Associate's degree
$35,560 – $61,63050
12Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $61,9901,980
13Customer Service Representatives$48,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $65,2601,540
14Order Clerks$46,960
Some college, no degree
$35,880 – $61,370130
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $61,65070
16Office Clerks, General$45,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,110 – $65,4301,960
17Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$44,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,610 – $59,02060
18Billing and Posting Clerks$44,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,610 – $54,970260
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$43,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,020 – $59,410720
20Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$41,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,770 – $59,01040
21Data Entry Keyers$41,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $52,710100
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $50,400550
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$39,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,470 – $50,89090
24Tellers$37,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,390 – $48,090390
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $47,590440
26Library Assistants, Clerical$31,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,490 – $39,79060
27Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,810 – $36,400150

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

#	Occupation	MedianElkhart-Goshen, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,650	$44,510 – $83,990	490
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,430	$38,100 – $76,450	110
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,490	$42,390 – $81,040	170
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,990	$36,870 – $70,200	140
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$49,020 – $59,160	40
6	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,300	$35,720 – $61,830	120
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$39,200 – $59,650	100
8	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,200	$34,810 – $81,920	80
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,190	$34,910 – $66,300	1,190
10	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,170	$40,020 – $59,450	70
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,140	$35,560 – $61,630	50
12	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,600	$38,270 – $61,990	1,980
13	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,000	$31,410 – $65,260	1,540
14	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,960	$35,880 – $61,370	130
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,830	$36,510 – $61,650	70
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,190	$25,110 – $65,430	1,960
17	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,650	$34,610 – $59,020	60
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,370	$37,610 – $54,970	260
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,260	$31,020 – $59,410	720
20	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,900	$35,770 – $59,010	40
21	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,390	$33,280 – $52,710	100
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,930	$35,510 – $50,400	550
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,210	$34,470 – $50,890	90
24	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,950	$36,390 – $48,090	390
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,970	$28,090 – $47,590	440
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,950	$22,490 – $39,790	60
27	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,840	$28,810 – $36,400	150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Elkhart-Goshen, 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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