High paying office and admin jobs in Massachusetts with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Massachusetts salary is worth about 0.95× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Massachusetts.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Massachusetts · Employed

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$64,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,680 – $81,4501,700
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$63,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,110 – $86,3603,280
3Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,0301,950
4Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$62,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,220 – $100,4304,020
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$44,160 – $81,0407,630
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$61,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,860 – $84,3904,360
7Public Safety Telecommunicators$61,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,470 – $79,4702,790
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,320 – $81,3805,650
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$59,830
Some college, no degree
$40,760 – $81,08029,110
10Bill and Account Collectors$59,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,990 – $75,5602,510
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$58,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,770 – $70,7602,080
12Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,2802,910
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$57,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,510 – $78,40037,750
14Billing and Posting Clerks$56,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,540 – $71,8007,430
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$55,840
Associate's degree
$42,970 – $71,1301,400
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,460 – $84,1503,510
17Order Clerks$55,040
Some college, no degree
$45,750 – $72,9201,350
18Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$52,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,390 – $72,1804,820
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$50,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,350 – $66,2003,050
20Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,460 – $63,03022,210
21Office Clerks, General$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,750 – $69,77047,940
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,820 – $68,50014,370
23Customer Service Representatives$49,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,440 – $74,88049,990
24Data Entry Keyers$47,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $58,2801,590
25Information and Record Clerks, All Other$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $67,8902,000
26Tellers$46,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,380 – $55,7307,190
27Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$44,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $62,6401,560
28Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $54,27018,970
29Library Assistants, Clerical$42,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,370 – $59,9402,840
30Couriers and Messengers$42,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $56,5101,560
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$39,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,820 – $57,6904,530

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

#	Occupation	MedianMassachusetts	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,750	$45,680 – $81,450	1,700
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,670	$49,110 – $86,360	3,280
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$55,350 – $75,030	1,950
4	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,120	$42,220 – $100,430	4,020
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$44,160 – $81,040	7,630
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,730	$47,860 – $84,390	4,360
7	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,720	$48,470 – $79,470	2,790
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,280	$41,320 – $81,380	5,650
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$59,830	$40,760 – $81,080	29,110
10	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,800	$45,990 – $75,560	2,510
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,940	$45,770 – $70,760	2,080
12	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,280	2,910
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,940	$41,510 – $78,400	37,750
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,110	$46,540 – $71,800	7,430
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$55,840	$42,970 – $71,130	1,400
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$42,460 – $84,150	3,510
17	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$55,040	$45,750 – $72,920	1,350
18	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,910	$44,390 – $72,180	4,820
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,340	$42,350 – $66,200	3,050
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,290	$41,460 – $63,030	22,210
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$35,750 – $69,770	47,940
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,240	$38,820 – $68,500	14,370
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,120	$35,440 – $74,880	49,990
24	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,560	$35,250 – $58,280	1,590
25	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$31,200 – $67,890	2,000
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,900	$38,380 – $55,730	7,190
27	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,230	$40,750 – $62,640	1,560
28	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,870	$35,790 – $54,270	18,970
29	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,520	$32,370 – $59,940	2,840
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,380	$35,560 – $56,510	1,560
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,400	$35,820 – $57,690	4,530

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