High paying office and admin jobs in Manhattan, KS with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Manhattan, KS 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 Manhattan, KS run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Manhattan, KS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Manhattan, KS · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$63,920
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $71,40030
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$56,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,690 – $65,17070
4Procurement Clerks$56,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,440 – $61,61030
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,780 – $83,670100
6Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,820
Associate's degree
$39,120 – $59,95090
7Public Safety Telecommunicators$51,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,430 – $73,03040
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,180 – $62,69040
9Information and Record Clerks, All Other$51,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $59,950110
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $63,60080
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $63,98040
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,570
Some college, no degree
$29,910 – $61,480560
13Billing and Posting Clerks$45,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $61,580130
14Office Clerks, General$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $54,95080
15Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $55,530170
16Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,860 – $61,81060
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,080 – $53,7001,230
18Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,140 – $54,73070
19Customer Service Representatives$38,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,060 – $53,560870
20New Accounts Clerks$38,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $57,29040
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $57,890190
22Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $45,02070
23Tellers$35,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,480 – $45,320220
24Library Assistants, Clerical$32,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,190 – $42,63090
25Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $43,600390
26Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,130 – $33,460130

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

#	Occupation	MedianManhattan, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,920	$42,600 – $71,400	30
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	130
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,620	$48,690 – $65,170	70
4	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,620	$49,440 – $61,610	30
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,570	$34,780 – $83,670	100
6	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,820	$39,120 – $59,950	90
7	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,640	$42,430 – $73,030	40
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$43,180 – $62,690	40
9	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,060	$40,700 – $59,950	110
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$36,340 – $63,600	80
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$32,940 – $63,980	40
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,570	$29,910 – $61,480	560
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,290	$36,840 – $61,580	130
14	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$36,950 – $54,950	80
15	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,910	$32,130 – $55,530	170
16	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,540	$34,860 – $61,810	60
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,460	$27,080 – $53,700	1,230
18	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$28,140 – $54,730	70
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,620	$28,060 – $53,560	870
20	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,150	$33,360 – $57,290	40
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,910	$32,930 – $57,890	190
22	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,690	$34,950 – $45,020	70
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,930	$29,480 – $45,320	220
24	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,710	$26,190 – $42,630	90
25	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$22,570 – $43,600	390
26	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,630	$27,130 – $33,460	130

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