High paying office and admin jobs in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Harrisburg-Carlisle, 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA run 1.3% below the national average (2024), so a Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$63,130
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030150
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $78,540590
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040680
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,350 – $76,020220
5Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$56,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,120 – $63,190150
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$56,430
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280890
7Procurement Clerks$56,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,080 – $82,220300
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,310 – $65,870350
9Information and Record Clerks, All Other$52,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,310 – $64,500160
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $74,410380
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,310 – $71,970430
12Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,820 – $67,370300
13Public Safety Telecommunicators$49,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,230 – $67,370160
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $64,720270
15File Clerks$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,170 – $66,730180
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,680
Associate's degree
$40,910 – $60,790250
17Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,540
Some college, no degree
$37,600 – $65,8802,450
18New Accounts Clerks$47,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,450 – $56,000190
19Billing and Posting Clerks$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,730 – $61,410750
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,420 – $61,5503,770
21Bill and Account Collectors$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $60,730410
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,090 – $60,4602,240
23Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,370 – $63,720390
24Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,150 – $73,670180
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $65,860170
26Order Clerks$45,420
Some college, no degree
$37,290 – $57,670130
27Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,050 – $54,0801,380
28Office Clerks, General$44,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,870 – $60,3206,380
29Customer Service Representatives$42,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,230 – $61,7105,040
30Couriers and Messengers$40,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,940 – $49,300120
31Tellers$38,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $47,500670
32Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,660 – $49,750170
33Data Entry Keyers$37,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,350 – $51,680200
34Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$37,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,980 – $76,010140
35Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,920 – $46,2801,970
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,470 – $36,350650
37Library Assistants, Clerical$25,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,000 – $39,440170

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

#	Occupation	MedianHarrisburg-Carlisle, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,130	$42,600 – $75,030	150
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$37,950 – $78,540	590
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	680
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,490	$41,350 – $76,020	220
5	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,560	$40,120 – $63,190	150
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$56,430	$45,530 – $75,280	890
7	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,060	$46,080 – $82,220	300
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,060	$42,310 – $65,870	350
9	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,670	$42,310 – $64,500	160
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,410	$38,020 – $74,410	380
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,710	$42,310 – $71,970	430
12	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$34,820 – $67,370	300
13	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,080	$43,230 – $67,370	160
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,810	$38,690 – $64,720	270
15	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$38,170 – $66,730	180
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,680	$40,910 – $60,790	250
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,540	$37,600 – $65,880	2,450
18	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,630	$46,450 – $56,000	190
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$38,730 – $61,410	750
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,430	$35,420 – $61,550	3,770
21	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$36,260 – $60,730	410
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,460	$36,090 – $60,460	2,240
23	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,330	$37,370 – $63,720	390
24	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$31,150 – $73,670	180
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,480	$35,350 – $65,860	170
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,420	$37,290 – $57,670	130
27	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,920	$37,050 – $54,080	1,380
28	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,100	$31,870 – $60,320	6,380
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,600	$29,230 – $61,710	5,040
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,980	$31,940 – $49,300	120
31	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,430	$36,080 – $47,500	670
32	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,180	$30,660 – $49,750	170
33	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,920	$32,350 – $51,680	200
34	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,760	$29,980 – $76,010	140
35	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,920	$27,920 – $46,280	1,970
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,780	$23,470 – $36,350	650
37	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,220	$23,000 – $39,440	170

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