High paying office and admin jobs in Idaho with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Idaho 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 Idaho run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Idaho salary is worth about 1.05× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Idaho.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Idaho · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$60,530
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030480
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,760 – $105,0701,070
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,820
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,660
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,440 – $70,390800
5Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,360 – $75,560580
6Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,770
Associate's degree
$41,680 – $64,080280
7Procurement Clerks$50,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,200 – $65,000470
8Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,160 – $72,380490
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,630 – $78,6301,430
10Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $63,5001,500
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,310
Some college, no degree
$34,690 – $72,8709,540
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $62,7101,240
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $65,980580
14Billing and Posting Clerks$46,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,940 – $60,3302,850
15File Clerks$45,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,600 – $50,460540
16New Accounts Clerks$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $55,180350
17Cargo and Freight Agents$45,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $71,170300
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $57,8705,120
19Office Clerks, General$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,530 – $63,19020,790
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$43,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,890 – $58,8207,570
21Customer Service Representatives$43,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $62,19018,770
22Data Entry Keyers$42,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $59,460540
23Tellers$42,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $45,6102,690
24Bill and Account Collectors$41,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,030 – $58,930510
25Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,980 – $60,400420
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,820 – $58,5504,900
27Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$40,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,610 – $79,770420
28Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,450 – $47,900560
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,500 – $47,1005,340
30Couriers and Messengers$36,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,150 – $45,660410
31Library Assistants, Clerical$33,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,990 – $43,390920
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,750 – $39,2302,130

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

#	Occupation	MedianIdaho	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$42,600 – $75,030	480
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,950	$40,760 – $105,070	1,070
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,820	$42,390 – $81,040	1,660
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,790	$41,440 – $70,390	800
5	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,780	$43,360 – $75,560	580
6	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,770	$41,680 – $64,080	280
7	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,310	$38,200 – $65,000	470
8	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$39,160 – $72,380	490
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,660	$30,630 – $78,630	1,430
10	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,450	$37,900 – $63,500	1,500
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,310	$34,690 – $72,870	9,540
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,090	$36,810 – $62,710	1,240
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$36,380 – $65,980	580
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,440	$34,940 – $60,330	2,850
15	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,910	$29,600 – $50,460	540
16	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$37,270 – $55,180	350
17	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,710	$39,830 – $71,170	300
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,920	$35,360 – $57,870	5,120
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$29,530 – $63,190	20,790
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,710	$29,890 – $58,820	7,570
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,200	$29,990 – $62,190	18,770
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,810	$29,990 – $59,460	540
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,380	$36,940 – $45,610	2,690
24	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,880	$34,030 – $58,930	510
25	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,880	$33,980 – $60,400	420
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,430	$30,820 – $58,550	4,900
27	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,230	$33,610 – $79,770	420
28	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$22,450 – $47,900	560
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,810	$28,500 – $47,100	5,340
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,110	$26,150 – $45,660	410
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,960	$21,990 – $43,390	920
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,870	$27,750 – $39,230	2,130

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