High paying office and admin jobs in Jonesboro, AR with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Jonesboro, AR 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 Jonesboro, AR run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Jonesboro, AR salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Jonesboro, AR · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$63,140
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $86,470150
2Postal Service Clerks$59,970
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03030
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$55,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $80,900120
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$54,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,040 – $65,18080
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $71,23040
6Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,950 – $52,630540
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,510 – $61,880100
8Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,070 – $68,95060
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,660
Some college, no degree
$30,310 – $60,320470
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$43,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,460 – $48,60030
11Bill and Account Collectors$41,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $55,49080
12Public Safety Telecommunicators$40,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,060 – $46,23050
13Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$39,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $56,190100
14Billing and Posting Clerks$38,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,840 – $53,040270
15Data Entry Keyers$37,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $63,68040
16Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$37,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,290 – $46,20060
17Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,430 – $45,990230
18Customer Service Representatives$36,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $55,290730
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $50,17090
20Office Clerks, General$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,890 – $54,4101,260
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$35,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $59,600380
22Tellers$33,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,680 – $44,610220
23Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,880 – $39,420670
24Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$26,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $35,48090

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

#	Occupation	MedianJonesboro, AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$63,140	$42,390 – $86,470	150
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,970	$42,600 – $75,030	30
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,760	$35,790 – $80,900	120
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,960	$33,040 – $65,180	80
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,370	$35,340 – $71,230	40
6	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$32,950 – $52,630	540
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,140	$29,510 – $61,880	100
8	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,100	$32,070 – $68,950	60
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,660	$30,310 – $60,320	470
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,670	$38,460 – $48,600	30
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,270	$24,160 – $55,490	80
12	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,930	$34,060 – $46,230	50
13	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,780	$33,800 – $56,190	100
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,280	$31,840 – $53,040	270
15	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,830	$24,160 – $63,680	40
16	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,490	$23,290 – $46,200	60
17	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,200	$31,430 – $45,990	230
18	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,770	$28,550 – $55,290	730
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,730	$31,420 – $50,170	90
20	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$23,890 – $54,410	1,260
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,900	$28,550 – $59,600	380
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,620	$30,680 – $44,610	220
23	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,540	$27,880 – $39,420	670
24	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,970	$24,160 – $35,480	90

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