High paying office and admin jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA run 13.6% below the national average (2024), so a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 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, Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03060
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040360
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $72,32090
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,090 – $81,730500
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,230 – $64,570140
6Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,680 – $61,29040
7Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,440 – $49,29060
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,670
Some college, no degree
$32,710 – $63,5701,170
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,660
Associate's degree
$33,910 – $57,470100
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $58,590110
11Public Safety Telecommunicators$44,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,460 – $57,79080
12Billing and Posting Clerks$43,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,290 – $59,370190
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$42,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $51,90050
14Information and Record Clerks, All Other$41,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,310 – $55,66050
15Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$41,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $53,410130
16Procurement Clerks$41,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,500 – $76,97060
17Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,110 – $60,690210
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,410 – $64,510630
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,650 – $60,1401,190
20Bill and Account Collectors$39,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,110 – $53,06070
21File Clerks$38,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,020 – $54,81040
22Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,630 – $71,74090
23Order Clerks$38,050
Some college, no degree
$30,230 – $63,23090
24Office Clerks, General$38,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,800 – $56,7701,690
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $51,9701,600
26Customer Service Representatives$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,380 – $56,8702,130
27Tellers$35,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $44,310410
28Couriers and Messengers$35,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,950 – $43,680180
29Data Entry Keyers$35,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,340 – $44,49050
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,660 – $43,740470
31Library Assistants, Clerical$32,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,740 – $46,99060
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,140 – $35,360220

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

#	Occupation	MedianKingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	60
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,040	360
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,170	$39,520 – $72,320	90
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$32,090 – $81,730	500
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,280	$29,230 – $64,570	140
6	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$33,680 – $61,290	40
7	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,020	$35,440 – $49,290	60
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,670	$32,710 – $63,570	1,170
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,660	$33,910 – $57,470	100
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$37,600 – $58,590	110
11	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,630	$36,460 – $57,790	80
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,280	$33,290 – $59,370	190
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,550	$31,060 – $51,900	50
14	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,370	$33,310 – $55,660	50
15	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,350	$36,890 – $53,410	130
16	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,090	$30,500 – $76,970	60
17	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,020	$38,110 – $60,690	210
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,890	$30,410 – $64,510	630
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,850	$29,650 – $60,140	1,190
20	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,270	$29,110 – $53,060	70
21	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,690	$34,020 – $54,810	40
22	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,360	$30,630 – $71,740	90
23	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$38,050	$30,230 – $63,230	90
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,030	$26,800 – $56,770	1,690
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,800	$31,140 – $51,970	1,600
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$29,380 – $56,870	2,130
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,740	$31,060 – $44,310	410
28	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,490	$29,950 – $43,680	180
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,200	$29,340 – $44,490	50
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,940	$26,660 – $43,740	470
31	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,320	$26,740 – $46,990	60
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,030	$24,140 – $35,360	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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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