High paying office and admin jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC run 11.5% below the national average (2024), so a Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$68,540
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $76,36080
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,960
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040410
3Loan Interviewers and Clerks$54,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $59,46060
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$51,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $74,740580
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $75,75090
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $67,310210
7Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $75,300170
8Billing and Posting Clerks$46,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $60,150120
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,810
Associate's degree
$34,250 – $59,37070
10Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,570 – $47,180320
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,130
Some college, no degree
$31,530 – $61,3801,570
12New Accounts Clerks$44,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,200 – $58,71060
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$44,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,720 – $60,400170
14Procurement Clerks$44,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $61,84060
15Public Safety Telecommunicators$43,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,170 – $49,140180
16Order Clerks$43,500
Some college, no degree
$34,580 – $51,290110
17Bill and Account Collectors$43,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,980 – $55,040110
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $57,3501,190
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,870 – $59,4301,140
20Tellers$41,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $57,350190
21Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$40,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,820 – $59,11070
22Office Clerks, General$40,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,610 – $56,8202,060
23File Clerks$40,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,090 – $48,22050
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,920 – $48,6601,790
25Data Entry Keyers$37,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,180 – $50,870110
26Customer Service Representatives$37,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $55,2102,250
27Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$36,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,300 – $47,83050
28Couriers and Messengers$34,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,600 – $46,970130
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,960 – $43,920420
30Information and Record Clerks, All Other$33,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,760 – $52,50070
31Library Assistants, Clerical$31,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,650 – $38,06090
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,920 – $35,940120

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

#	Occupation	MedianHickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$68,540	$55,350 – $76,360	80
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,960	$42,390 – $81,040	410
3	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,620	$40,420 – $59,460	60
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,860	$37,750 – $74,740	580
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,800	$35,880 – $75,750	90
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,560	$37,970 – $67,310	210
7	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,890	$36,070 – $75,300	170
8	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,820	$36,650 – $60,150	120
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,810	$34,250 – $59,370	70
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,220	$38,570 – $47,180	320
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,130	$31,530 – $61,380	1,570
12	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,810	$41,200 – $58,710	60
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,560	$32,720 – $60,400	170
14	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,240	$35,340 – $61,840	60
15	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,870	$38,170 – $49,140	180
16	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,500	$34,580 – $51,290	110
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,390	$33,980 – $55,040	110
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,520	$31,750 – $57,350	1,190
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,710	$31,870 – $59,430	1,140
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,350	$35,780 – $57,350	190
21	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,370	$35,820 – $59,110	70
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,340	$27,610 – $56,820	2,060
23	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,160	$30,090 – $48,220	50
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,380	$33,920 – $48,660	1,790
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,940	$30,180 – $50,870	110
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,790	$28,770 – $55,210	2,250
27	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,330	$31,300 – $47,830	50
28	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,390	$25,600 – $46,970	130
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,870	$21,960 – $43,920	420
30	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,680	$30,760 – $52,500	70
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,810	$28,650 – $38,060	90
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,180	$23,920 – $35,940	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. 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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