High paying office and admin jobs in Lake Charles, LA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Lake Charles, LA 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 Lake Charles, LA run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Lake Charles, LA 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, Lake Charles, LA · Employed

1Cargo and Freight Agents$68,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,640 – $74,88030
2Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $103,140110
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,510
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040300
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,550 – $74,650130
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,180 – $68,600110
7Public Safety Telecommunicators$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $60,94050
8Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $59,850160
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,660 – $56,75060
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,550
Some college, no degree
$29,990 – $63,500830
11Billing and Posting Clerks$42,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,220 – $55,330210
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $60,2901,390
13Financial Clerks, All Other$39,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,900 – $58,76040
14Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,560 – $51,410220
15Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$37,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $58,470340
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$36,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $64,94050
17Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,110 – $50,440170
18Tellers$35,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,720 – $41,740270
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$35,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,210 – $41,390130
20Customer Service Representatives$35,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,700 – $48,0001,090
21Data Entry Keyers$33,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,890 – $49,00040
22Couriers and Messengers$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $45,45060
23Office Clerks, General$31,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,420 – $49,7801,590
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,280 – $42,990570
25File Clerks$27,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,500 – $39,78040
26Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$27,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,830 – $32,940290

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

#	Occupation	MedianLake Charles, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,080	$25,640 – $74,880	30
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $76,360	50
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,420	$39,430 – $103,140	110
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,510	$42,390 – $81,040	300
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,390	$35,550 – $74,650	130
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$28,180 – $68,600	110
7	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$28,550 – $60,940	50
8	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,400	$31,680 – $59,850	160
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$28,660 – $56,750	60
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,550	$29,990 – $63,500	830
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,890	$33,220 – $55,330	210
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,260	$24,960 – $60,290	1,390
13	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,050	$30,900 – $58,760	40
14	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$23,560 – $51,410	220
15	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,010	$24,160 – $58,470	340
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,820	$31,200 – $64,940	50
17	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$24,110 – $50,440	170
18	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,360	$28,720 – $41,740	270
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,340	$30,210 – $41,390	130
20	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,080	$25,700 – $48,000	1,090
21	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,310	$22,890 – $49,000	40
22	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$22,570 – $45,450	60
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,630	$21,420 – $49,780	1,590
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,620	$19,280 – $42,990	570
25	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,680	$16,500 – $39,780	40
26	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,570	$22,830 – $32,940	290

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lake Charles, LA. 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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