High paying office and admin jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Kansas City, MO-KS 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 Kansas City, MO-KS run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas City, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.08× 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

Find office jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS

OccupationMedian, Kansas City, MO-KS · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0402,400
2Postal Service Clerks$60,530
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030540
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$58,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $73,0901,520
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,400 – $79,1601,260
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$55,350
No formal educational credential
$39,560 – $76,3601,640
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$53,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,860 – $82,0702,570
7Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,140
Associate's degree
$40,980 – $64,220400
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,180 – $66,640770
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,940
Some college, no degree
$36,690 – $68,5208,780
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $73,1501,850
11Cargo and Freight Agents$50,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,660 – $75,820620
12Billing and Posting Clerks$49,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,240 – $64,7703,080
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $73,6301,250
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $72,4801,590
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,680 – $61,72015,930
16Bill and Account Collectors$46,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,650 – $75,9901,260
17Office Clerks, General$45,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $65,73010,520
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $61,7204,450
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,610 – $56,9504,680
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $54,8802,130
21File Clerks$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,580 – $58,840410
22Customer Service Representatives$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $62,51022,240
23Information and Record Clerks, All Other$43,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,130 – $59,2302,130
24New Accounts Clerks$42,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $58,460450
25Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$42,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,790 – $68,950600
26Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,810 – $59,8301,190
27Couriers and Messengers$41,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $48,580430
28Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$39,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $47,630470
29Data Entry Keyers$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,350 – $49,630920
30Tellers$38,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $49,4802,790
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,450 – $47,9606,750
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,390 – $38,0301,420
33Library Assistants, Clerical$33,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,900 – $40,390570

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

#	Occupation	MedianKansas City, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,010	$42,390 – $81,040	2,400
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$42,600 – $75,030	540
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,090	$38,900 – $73,090	1,520
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,590	$43,400 – $79,160	1,260
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$55,350	$39,560 – $76,360	1,640
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,360	$38,860 – $82,070	2,570
7	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,140	$40,980 – $64,220	400
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,940	$40,180 – $66,640	770
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,940	$36,690 – $68,520	8,780
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,650	$37,940 – $73,150	1,850
11	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,340	$39,660 – $75,820	620
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,980	$38,240 – $64,770	3,080
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$37,800 – $73,630	1,250
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,660	$36,800 – $72,480	1,590
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,810	$33,680 – $61,720	15,930
16	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,750	$30,650 – $75,990	1,260
17	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,640	$31,110 – $65,730	10,520
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,460	$34,840 – $61,720	4,450
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,160	$37,610 – $56,950	4,680
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$37,660 – $54,880	2,130
21	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$33,580 – $58,840	410
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$31,420 – $62,510	22,240
23	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,700	$38,130 – $59,230	2,130
24	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,350	$37,040 – $58,460	450
25	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,330	$19,790 – $68,950	600
26	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,830	$34,810 – $59,830	1,190
27	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,050	$31,480 – $48,580	430
28	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,060	$30,750 – $47,630	470
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$32,350 – $49,630	920
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,470	$35,130 – $49,480	2,790
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,210	$29,450 – $47,960	6,750
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,530	$30,390 – $38,030	1,420
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,760	$28,900 – $40,390	570

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kansas City, MO-KS. 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.

More for Kansas City, MO-KS

Other metro areas in MO

By field in Kansas City, MO-KS

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Kansas City, MO-KS to rank honestly.

High paying office and admin jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS with no experience

More for Kansas City, MO-KS

Other metro areas in MO

By field in Kansas City, MO-KS

Without a degree

High paying office and admin jobs in each state with no experience