High paying office and admin jobs in Erie, PA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Erie, PA 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 Erie, PA run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Erie, PA salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Erie, PA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$62,910
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,03050
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,480
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040310
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$55,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $67,370340
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $74,01080
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$52,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $64,060110
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,470 – $78,650180
7Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,220 – $73,08090
8Procurement Clerks$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $58,28040
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,560
Associate's degree
$34,750 – $60,99060
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,300
Some college, no degree
$32,140 – $59,680920
11New Accounts Clerks$44,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,300 – $47,24040
12Billing and Posting Clerks$44,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,770 – $54,710250
13Bill and Account Collectors$44,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,010 – $64,52060
14Order Clerks$43,890
Some college, no degree
$30,700 – $52,59040
15Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$42,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,270 – $82,98050
16Office Clerks, General$42,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,260 – $59,8402,150
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,180 – $50,840570
18Loan Interviewers and Clerks$41,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,200 – $59,50040
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $57,2901,240
20Customer Service Representatives$41,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $57,8801,610
21Information and Record Clerks, All Other$41,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,830 – $58,28090
22Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$40,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,090 – $47,89070
23File Clerks$40,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,570 – $57,91080
24Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,520 – $60,000100
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,970 – $53,870740
26Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$37,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $56,490190
27Couriers and Messengers$37,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $46,110100
28Data Entry Keyers$36,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,010 – $59,63050
29Tellers$36,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,430 – $48,120330
30Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$32,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,750 – $41,92050
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,080 – $42,830890
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,260 – $34,060220
33Library Assistants, Clerical$28,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,540 – $48,040110

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

#	Occupation	MedianErie, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,910	$55,350 – $75,030	50
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,480	$42,390 – $81,040	310
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,220	$47,740 – $67,370	340
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,900	$38,690 – $74,010	80
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,620	$38,480 – $64,060	110
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,100	$35,470 – $78,650	180
7	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,960	$33,220 – $73,080	90
8	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$38,100 – $58,280	40
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,560	$34,750 – $60,990	60
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,300	$32,140 – $59,680	920
11	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,430	$40,300 – $47,240	40
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,360	$35,770 – $54,710	250
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,140	$33,010 – $64,520	60
14	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,890	$30,700 – $52,590	40
15	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,760	$33,270 – $82,980	50
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,220	$29,260 – $59,840	2,150
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,210	$36,180 – $50,840	570
18	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,880	$32,200 – $59,500	40
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,850	$30,300 – $57,290	1,240
20	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,720	$31,110 – $57,880	1,610
21	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,090	$30,830 – $58,280	90
22	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,280	$33,090 – $47,890	70
23	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,150	$32,570 – $57,910	80
24	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,840	$33,520 – $60,000	100
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,280	$29,970 – $53,870	740
26	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,580	$37,140 – $56,490	190
27	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,020	$35,280 – $46,110	100
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,840	$26,010 – $59,630	50
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,360	$31,430 – $48,120	330
30	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,710	$27,750 – $41,920	50
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,210	$22,080 – $42,830	890
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,060	$23,260 – $34,060	220
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,540	$28,540 – $48,040	110

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