High paying office and admin jobs in Paducah, KY-IL with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Paducah, KY-IL 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 Paducah, KY-IL run 13.9% below the national average (2024), so a Paducah, KY-IL salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Paducah, KY-IL · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$60,250
No formal educational credential
$36,360 – $76,36040
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740120
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,500 – $80,78040
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$51,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $93,76090
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,090 – $84,64090
6Bill and Account Collectors$49,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $57,20070
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,310
Some college, no degree
$32,130 – $66,620610
8Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $63,55060
9Billing and Posting Clerks$43,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,840 – $54,740140
10Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,290 – $56,170320
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,970 – $57,640410
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$40,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,670 – $56,39050
13Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,400 – $50,54050
14Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,630 – $46,980810
15Office Clerks, General$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $53,570740
16Tellers$36,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,680 – $45,130160
17Customer Service Representatives$36,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,210 – $54,220860
18Data Entry Keyers$33,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,800 – $48,31050
19Receptionists and Information Clerks$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,340 – $42,330240
20Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,200 – $37,060150

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

#	Occupation	MedianPaducah, KY-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,250	$36,360 – $76,360	40
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $83,740	120
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,220	$40,500 – $80,780	40
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,600	$37,410 – $93,760	90
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$33,090 – $84,640	90
6	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,150	$28,970 – $57,200	70
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,310	$32,130 – $66,620	610
8	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,590	$37,260 – $63,550	60
9	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,780	$31,840 – $54,740	140
10	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,610	$30,290 – $56,170	320
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,820	$30,970 – $57,640	410
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,150	$31,670 – $56,390	50
13	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$29,400 – $50,540	50
14	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$31,630 – $46,980	810
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$24,160 – $53,570	740
16	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,670	$29,680 – $45,130	160
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,460	$27,210 – $54,220	860
18	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,500	$27,800 – $48,310	50
19	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$26,340 – $42,330	240
20	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,840	$22,200 – $37,060	150

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