High paying office and admin jobs in Lexington-Fayette, KY with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Lexington-Fayette, KY 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY run 7.1% below the national average (2024), so a Lexington-Fayette, KY salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Lexington-Fayette, KY · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$64,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,840 – $78,3601,410
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,090
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040520
3Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,280200
4Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$57,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $76,950320
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,270 – $80,320190
6Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,850 – $64,540210
7Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,140 – $58,770130
8Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,690
Associate's degree
$37,340 – $63,350150
9Procurement Clerks$50,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,680 – $68,210130
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,160 – $75,050240
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $64,150290
12Billing and Posting Clerks$48,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $59,520650
13Bill and Account Collectors$48,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $57,780360
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,000
Some college, no degree
$30,700 – $68,7703,120
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,100 – $63,1202,500
16Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $61,660270
17Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$45,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $77,590110
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,310 – $54,4504,600
19Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,200 – $57,5901,750
20Order Clerks$43,100
Some college, no degree
$32,020 – $53,550100
21Tellers$42,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $47,080500
22Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$42,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $56,140190
23Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$41,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,980 – $69,360460
24Office Clerks, General$40,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,750 – $57,3505,000
25Cargo and Freight Agents$39,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,620 – $64,110260
26Customer Service Representatives$39,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,370 – $60,0005,200
27Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$37,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $46,740100
28Couriers and Messengers$35,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,450 – $42,250170
29Data Entry Keyers$35,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,460 – $60,540470
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$33,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,920 – $44,6001,410
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,090 – $36,640690

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

#	Occupation	MedianLexington-Fayette, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,660	$40,840 – $78,360	1,410
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,090	$43,120 – $81,040	520
3	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$42,600 – $75,280	200
4	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,300	$38,560 – $76,950	320
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,230	$40,270 – $80,320	190
6	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,720	$38,850 – $64,540	210
7	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,670	$39,140 – $58,770	130
8	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,690	$37,340 – $63,350	150
9	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,350	$39,680 – $68,210	130
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$34,160 – $75,050	240
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,560	$31,890 – $64,150	290
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,080	$37,790 – $59,520	650
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,010	$38,000 – $57,780	360
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,000	$30,700 – $68,770	3,120
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,790	$34,100 – $63,120	2,500
16	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$35,790 – $61,660	270
17	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,260	$37,580 – $77,590	110
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$35,310 – $54,450	4,600
19	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,690	$32,200 – $57,590	1,750
20	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,100	$32,020 – $53,550	100
21	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,930	$34,580 – $47,080	500
22	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,100	$34,320 – $56,140	190
23	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,840	$28,980 – $69,360	460
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,250	$20,750 – $57,350	5,000
25	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,620	$39,620 – $64,110	260
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,160	$30,370 – $60,000	5,200
27	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,890	$29,210 – $46,740	100
28	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,910	$24,450 – $42,250	170
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,830	$30,460 – $60,540	470
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,970	$23,920 – $44,600	1,410
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,160	$23,090 – $36,640	690

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lexington-Fayette, KY. 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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