High paying office and admin jobs in Elmira, NY with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Elmira, NY 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 Elmira, NY run 5.6% below the national average (2024), so a Elmira, NY salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Elmira, NY · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,820 – $86,810120
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,470
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,120130
3Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,900
Associate's degree
$36,530 – $55,61050
4New Accounts Clerks$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $59,54030
5Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,330
Some college, no degree
$37,400 – $70,720350
6Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,180 – $68,22030
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,100 – $75,99050
8Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $62,51060
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$44,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,700 – $78,89050
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $57,440240
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $58,700530
12Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,630 – $47,350220
13Office Clerks, General$40,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $57,250470
14Bill and Account Collectors$40,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,130 – $57,88040
15Billing and Posting Clerks$39,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $59,560150
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $76,55050
17Customer Service Representatives$39,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $57,750510
18Word Processors and Typists$39,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $54,02070
19Tellers$38,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,700 – $46,57080
20Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $49,160200

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

#	Occupation	MedianElmira, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,010	$39,820 – $86,810	120
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,470	$42,390 – $81,120	130
3	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,900	$36,530 – $55,610	50
4	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$39,110 – $59,540	30
5	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,330	$37,400 – $70,720	350
6	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,160	$41,180 – $68,220	30
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$39,100 – $75,990	50
8	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$38,960 – $62,510	60
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,700	$44,700 – $78,890	50
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$35,660 – $57,440	240
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$35,730 – $58,700	530
12	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,000	$37,630 – $47,350	220
13	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,930	$32,240 – $57,250	470
14	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,450	$33,130 – $57,880	40
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,730	$37,270 – $59,560	150
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$32,240 – $76,550	50
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,230	$32,240 – $57,750	510
18	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,200	$35,170 – $54,020	70
19	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,840	$36,700 – $46,570	80
20	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,380	$32,240 – $49,160	200

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