High paying office and admin jobs in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI run 5.2% below the national average (2024), so a Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 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.

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, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI · Employed

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$70,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,980 – $86,030150
2Information and Record Clerks, All Other$64,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,970 – $81,670100
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,090
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040270
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,060 – $76,71080
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,940 – $89,420370
6Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$57,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $71,80050
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$49,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,650 – $75,960120
8Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,690 – $73,800100
9Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,100 – $75,320140
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,040
Some college, no degree
$37,130 – $62,6401,040
11Bill and Account Collectors$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $65,10060
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $61,03070
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,860
Associate's degree
$36,310 – $50,66050
14New Accounts Clerks$46,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $56,98040
15Billing and Posting Clerks$46,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,180 – $59,910270
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $59,490970
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $52,280930
18Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $60,68090
19Office Clerks, General$44,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $60,2702,530
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,100 – $60,4001,080
21Customer Service Representatives$44,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,900 – $62,5801,970
22Order Clerks$42,760
Some college, no degree
$33,910 – $60,77070
23File Clerks$41,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,960 – $53,07050
24Data Entry Keyers$41,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,490 – $50,06060
25Library Assistants, Clerical$41,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,080 – $51,560100
26Couriers and Messengers$37,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,600 – $45,25090
27Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$37,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,080 – $47,03040
28Tellers$37,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $47,170340
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,350 – $48,820700
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$32,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,030 – $44,450170

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

#	Occupation	MedianKalamazoo-Portage, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,660	$52,980 – $86,030	150
2	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,500	$38,970 – $81,670	100
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,090	$42,390 – $81,040	270
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,270	$46,060 – $76,710	80
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,960	$41,940 – $89,420	370
6	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,680	$33,790 – $71,800	50
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,590	$40,650 – $75,960	120
8	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$33,690 – $73,800	100
9	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,990	$37,100 – $75,320	140
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,040	$37,130 – $62,640	1,040
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$37,330 – $65,100	60
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,350	$34,900 – $61,030	70
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,860	$36,310 – $50,660	50
14	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,840	$37,900 – $56,980	40
15	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,410	$37,180 – $59,910	270
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$34,270 – $59,490	970
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,860	$35,900 – $52,280	930
18	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,750	$38,700 – $60,680	90
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,500	$31,200 – $60,270	2,530
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,200	$32,100 – $60,400	1,080
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,130	$29,900 – $62,580	1,970
22	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,760	$33,910 – $60,770	70
23	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,970	$31,960 – $53,070	50
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,800	$32,490 – $50,060	60
25	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,260	$27,080 – $51,560	100
26	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,560	$31,600 – $45,250	90
27	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,040	$35,080 – $47,030	40
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,030	$35,430 – $47,170	340
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,810	$29,350 – $48,820	700
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,240	$29,030 – $44,450	170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. 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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