High paying office and admin jobs in Lewiston-Auburn, ME with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Lewiston-Auburn, ME 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 Lewiston-Auburn, ME run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Lewiston-Auburn, ME salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Lewiston-Auburn, ME · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$61,430
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36040
2Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$59,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $72,32040
3Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$59,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,650 – $75,72060
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,470
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040120
5Loan Interviewers and Clerks$56,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,140 – $68,99060
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$55,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $65,11050
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,200 – $68,87040
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,230
Some college, no degree
$40,480 – $70,810540
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,910
Associate's degree
$41,760 – $63,22040
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,390 – $73,350270
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $61,610460
12Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,690 – $54,97060
13Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $70,490100
14Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,810 – $63,74070
15Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,800 – $59,330310
16New Accounts Clerks$47,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,630 – $58,18040
17Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,820 – $61,94060
18Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $58,33050
19Customer Service Representatives$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $60,660480
20Billing and Posting Clerks$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $57,960140
21Order Clerks$45,290
Some college, no degree
$40,260 – $56,55030
22Tellers$42,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,140 – $46,840180
23Office Clerks, General$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,060 – $60,080950
24Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$40,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $44,74070
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $47,590250
26Library Assistants, Clerical$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,160 – $47,16050

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

#	Occupation	MedianLewiston-Auburn, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,430	$42,600 – $76,360	40
2	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,580	$46,010 – $72,320	40
3	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,160	$41,650 – $75,720	60
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,470	$42,390 – $81,040	120
5	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,430	$45,140 – $68,990	60
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,140	$39,520 – $65,110	50
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,750	$40,200 – $68,870	40
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,230	$40,480 – $70,810	540
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,910	$41,760 – $63,220	40
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,530	$38,390 – $73,350	270
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$39,580 – $61,610	460
12	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$44,690 – $54,970	60
13	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$34,960 – $70,490	100
14	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,550	$42,810 – $63,740	70
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$38,800 – $59,330	310
16	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,100	$44,630 – $58,180	40
17	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$38,820 – $61,940	60
18	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,830	$34,950 – $58,330	50
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$36,000 – $60,660	480
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$39,830 – $57,960	140
21	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,290	$40,260 – $56,550	30
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,880	$38,140 – $46,840	180
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$34,060 – $60,080	950
24	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,470	$38,340 – $44,740	70
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,370	$34,360 – $47,590	250
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$31,160 – $47,160	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lewiston-Auburn, ME. 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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