High paying office and admin jobs in Lincoln, NE with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Lincoln, NE 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 Lincoln, NE run 8.4% below the national average (2024), so a Lincoln, NE salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Lincoln, NE · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$63,380
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040320
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,860 – $72,810140
3Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,28060
4Postal Service Clerks$57,430
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03070
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$57,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,480 – $75,800250
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,630 – $83,810340
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$55,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,430 – $76,620100
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$53,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,360 – $76,300100
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,590 – $69,75070
10Procurement Clerks$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $64,130180
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,250 – $65,140270
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,930
Some college, no degree
$32,240 – $61,4401,660
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,790 – $61,560220
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $60,8302,890
15Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $67,06080
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$46,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,870 – $67,200180
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,280
Associate's degree
$37,890 – $58,350130
18New Accounts Clerks$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,160 – $60,880170
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $59,190930
20Billing and Posting Clerks$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $57,560570
21Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $60,790100
22Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$44,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $60,230590
23Bill and Account Collectors$43,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $50,890160
24Customer Service Representatives$41,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $58,1802,540
25Data Entry Keyers$41,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $48,040330
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,850 – $55,3101,010
27File Clerks$40,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,150 – $61,390130
28Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$40,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $49,840450
29Couriers and Messengers$38,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $44,25090
30Order Clerks$38,240
Some college, no degree
$34,890 – $58,15060
31Office Clerks, General$37,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,450 – $49,5501,930
32Tellers$37,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $44,900650
33Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $46,8301,260
34Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$36,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,370 – $44,98070
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$32,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,200 – $36,540250
36Library Assistants, Clerical$28,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $38,98060

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

#	Occupation	MedianLincoln, NE	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$63,380	$42,390 – $81,040	320
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,280	$46,860 – $72,810	140
3	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$48,880 – $75,280	60
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$42,600 – $75,030	70
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,120	$42,480 – $75,800	250
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,000	$43,630 – $83,810	340
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,440	$42,430 – $76,620	100
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,950	$41,360 – $76,300	100
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,270	$45,590 – $69,750	70
10	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$38,020 – $64,130	180
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,140	$31,250 – $65,140	270
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,930	$32,240 – $61,440	1,660
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$45,790 – $61,560	220
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$37,440 – $60,830	2,890
15	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$36,680 – $67,060	80
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,890	$28,870 – $67,200	180
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,280	$37,890 – $58,350	130
18	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$39,160 – $60,880	170
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,830	$38,430 – $59,190	930
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$37,040 – $57,560	570
21	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$28,080 – $60,790	100
22	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,710	$39,030 – $60,230	590
23	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,830	$36,240 – $50,890	160
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,430	$31,750 – $58,180	2,540
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,390	$33,840 – $48,040	330
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,140	$33,850 – $55,310	1,010
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,810	$34,150 – $61,390	130
28	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,740	$37,890 – $49,840	450
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,740	$28,080 – $44,250	90
30	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$38,240	$34,890 – $58,150	60
31	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,550	$28,450 – $49,550	1,930
32	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,340	$34,790 – $44,900	650
33	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$28,080 – $46,830	1,260
34	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,830	$32,370 – $44,980	70
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,460	$28,200 – $36,540	250
36	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,080	$28,080 – $38,980	60

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