High paying office and admin jobs in Kansas with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Kansas 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 run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas salary is worth about 1.11× 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 Kansas.

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

Find office jobs in Kansas

OccupationMedian, Kansas · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$60,530
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,0301,290
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,540
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0403,310
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,110 – $89,4404,320
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $79,1601,400
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$54,540
No formal educational credential
$39,560 – $75,280870
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$49,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $67,200810
7Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,630
Associate's degree
$36,070 – $62,610660
8Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,240 – $62,490800
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $66,4302,770
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,290
Some college, no degree
$32,130 – $64,13015,380
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,400 – $72,4801,670
12Information and Record Clerks, All Other$47,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $60,920980
13Billing and Posting Clerks$46,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $62,5303,890
14Bill and Account Collectors$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,650 – $75,9501,350
15Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,840 – $58,060670
16Public Safety Telecommunicators$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $58,9601,370
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $59,8601,290
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,550 – $58,6806,530
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $53,9106,470
20Cargo and Freight Agents$42,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,050 – $60,480890
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$42,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,340 – $58,69032,120
22File Clerks$42,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,940 – $56,430570
23Customer Service Representatives$40,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,730 – $59,87029,200
24New Accounts Clerks$40,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $54,6401,100
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$39,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $54,0803,640
26Couriers and Messengers$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,210 – $48,000580
27Data Entry Keyers$38,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $45,7601,210
28Tellers$36,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,550 – $46,4404,720
29Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $56,3801,600
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,390 – $45,6907,290
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,540 – $45,380750
32Office Clerks, General$32,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,340 – $60,1702,130
33Library Assistants, Clerical$31,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,800 – $41,1801,380
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,120 – $35,8501,900

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

#	Occupation	MedianKansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,530	$42,600 – $75,030	1,290
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,540	$42,390 – $81,040	3,310
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,080	$38,110 – $89,440	4,320
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,590	$42,340 – $79,160	1,400
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$54,540	$39,560 – $75,280	870
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,650	$37,980 – $67,200	810
7	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,630	$36,070 – $62,610	660
8	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,960	$39,240 – $62,490	800
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,640	$37,340 – $66,430	2,770
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,290	$32,130 – $64,130	15,380
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,170	$32,400 – $72,480	1,670
12	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,050	$29,640 – $60,920	980
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,420	$36,410 – $62,530	3,890
14	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$30,650 – $75,950	1,350
15	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$32,840 – $58,060	670
16	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$34,930 – $58,960	1,370
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$36,260 – $59,860	1,290
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,110	$33,550 – $58,680	6,530
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,020	$35,590 – $53,910	6,470
20	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,500	$26,050 – $60,480	890
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,270	$30,340 – $58,690	32,120
22	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,130	$31,940 – $56,430	570
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,320	$29,730 – $59,870	29,200
24	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,170	$34,080 – $54,640	1,100
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,430	$34,660 – $54,080	3,640
26	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$28,210 – $48,000	580
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,290	$28,090 – $45,760	1,210
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,840	$29,550 – $46,440	4,720
29	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,620	$30,520 – $56,380	1,600
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,050	$27,390 – $45,690	7,290
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,020	$28,540 – $45,380	750
32	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,370	$20,340 – $60,170	2,130
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,550	$20,800 – $41,180	1,380
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,750	$26,120 – $35,850	1,900

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

Metro areas in Kansas

Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

By field in Kansas

Without a degree

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

High paying office and admin jobs in Kansas with no experience

More for Kansas

Metro areas in Kansas

By field in Kansas

Without a degree

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