High paying office and admin jobs in Lancaster, PA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Lancaster, PA 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 Lancaster, PA run 1.7% below the national average (2024), so a Lancaster, PA salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Lancaster, PA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,360120
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040500
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$59,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,610 – $73,670230
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,180 – $85,600550
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,030320
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,530 – $70,800250
7Procurement Clerks$52,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,530 – $58,460120
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $76,970300
9Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$50,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $63,640100
10Bill and Account Collectors$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $68,640200
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,210
Some college, no degree
$35,990 – $66,3902,190
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,640
Associate's degree
$37,440 – $62,130110
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,870 – $64,650140
14Billing and Posting Clerks$47,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $62,370660
15Order Clerks$47,050
Some college, no degree
$36,280 – $59,460150
16Public Safety Telecommunicators$46,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,580 – $64,56090
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $62,880160
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $60,0502,960
19Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $66,49080
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,500 – $55,800980
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,700 – $61,8401,920
22Office Clerks, General$44,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,400 – $61,7204,330
23Customer Service Representatives$44,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,090 – $62,2603,440
24Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$44,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $58,910100
25File Clerks$43,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $70,96090
26Tellers$39,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $46,960400
27Data Entry Keyers$38,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $50,170140
28Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,680 – $48,480130
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,830 – $47,1301,730
30Couriers and Messengers$36,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,170 – $49,640130
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,370 – $37,500520
32Library Assistants, Clerical$27,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,910 – $38,120170

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

#	Occupation	MedianLancaster, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $76,360	120
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	500
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,070	$46,610 – $73,670	230
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,990	$41,180 – $85,600	550
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,030	320
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,140	$39,530 – $70,800	250
7	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,950	$43,530 – $58,460	120
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,630	$37,480 – $76,970	300
9	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,130	$37,060 – $63,640	100
10	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$36,600 – $68,640	200
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,210	$35,990 – $66,390	2,190
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,640	$37,440 – $62,130	110
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,470	$37,870 – $64,650	140
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,110	$37,440 – $62,370	660
15	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,050	$36,280 – $59,460	150
16	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,970	$45,580 – $64,560	90
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,890	$34,980 – $62,880	160
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$32,130 – $60,050	2,960
19	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,250	$38,120 – $66,490	80
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,450	$35,500 – $55,800	980
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,250	$33,700 – $61,840	1,920
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,540	$29,400 – $61,720	4,330
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,290	$29,090 – $62,260	3,440
24	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,100	$36,490 – $58,910	100
25	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,540	$35,390 – $70,960	90
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,100	$36,140 – $46,960	400
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,660	$30,320 – $50,170	140
28	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,480	$28,680 – $48,480	130
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,770	$25,830 – $47,130	1,730
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,550	$30,170 – $49,640	130
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,660	$24,370 – $37,500	520
32	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,950	$22,910 – $38,120	170

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