High paying office and admin jobs in Longview-Kelso, WA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Longview-Kelso, WA 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 Longview-Kelso, WA run 2.5% below the national average (2024), so a Longview-Kelso, WA salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Longview-Kelso, WA · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$75,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,120 – $111,300150
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$64,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,700 – $79,84060
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$62,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,760 – $72,910100
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,04090
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$59,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $86,79070
6Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$58,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,990 – $73,17050
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$58,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,810 – $71,91070
8Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$57,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,260 – $66,230430
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$56,620
Some college, no degree
$43,920 – $73,360490
10Billing and Posting Clerks$51,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,230 – $68,290120
11Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$51,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $61,690330
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$51,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,590 – $66,25050
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$51,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,500 – $58,53040
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $64,78060
15Customer Service Representatives$49,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $71,740380
16Office Clerks, General$48,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $65,350590
17Tellers$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,620 – $59,430170
18Information and Record Clerks, All Other$43,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $60,18040
19Receptionists and Information Clerks$40,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,670 – $54,660300
20Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $46,32070

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

#	Occupation	MedianLongview-Kelso, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,190	$41,120 – $111,300	150
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,440	$45,700 – $79,840	60
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,530	$50,760 – $72,910	100
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	90
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,020	$38,480 – $86,790	70
6	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,830	$45,990 – $73,170	50
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,290	$50,810 – $71,910	70
8	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,580	$42,260 – $66,230	430
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$56,620	$43,920 – $73,360	490
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,920	$39,230 – $68,290	120
11	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,740	$39,110 – $61,690	330
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,370	$45,590 – $66,250	50
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,080	$43,500 – $58,530	40
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,330	$45,730 – $64,780	60
15	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,460	$37,270 – $71,740	380
16	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,170	$37,040 – $65,350	590
17	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$41,620 – $59,430	170
18	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,570	$36,260 – $60,180	40
19	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,790	$35,670 – $54,660	300
20	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$35,350 – $46,320	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Longview-Kelso, WA. 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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