High paying office and admin jobs in Portland-South Portland, ME with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Portland-South Portland, ME 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 Portland-South Portland, ME run 1.9% above the national average (2024), so a Portland-South Portland, ME salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Portland-South Portland, ME · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$65,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $99,520760
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$63,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,470 – $77,190280
3Postal Service Clerks$62,130
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030170
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,750 – $79,040210
5Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$60,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,500 – $96,920940
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040640
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,760
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $76,090330
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$58,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $81,700260
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$57,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,450 – $65,650460
10Procurement Clerks$57,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,400 – $73,550140
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$54,610
Some college, no degree
$43,520 – $71,9902,670
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,180 – $68,9102,930
13Bill and Account Collectors$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,150 – $63,230160
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,770
Associate's degree
$43,020 – $66,140180
15Loan Interviewers and Clerks$51,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,880 – $62,230210
16Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$50,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,580 – $73,680320
17Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,600 – $61,540130
18Billing and Posting Clerks$49,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,410 – $61,740840
19New Accounts Clerks$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $58,950190
20Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,350 – $90,15090
21Order Clerks$48,040
Some college, no degree
$40,700 – $61,350140
22Customer Service Representatives$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,780 – $64,9303,480
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $64,6101,070
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,710 – $58,5802,020
25Office Clerks, General$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,530 – $62,6304,310
26Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,370 – $50,960410
27File Clerks$45,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,910 – $51,970100
28Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$44,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $49,020100
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$44,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $49,5101,730
30Tellers$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $47,540930
31Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$40,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,500 – $66,140190
32Library Assistants, Clerical$39,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,510 – $50,380180
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,150 – $52,830650
34Information and Record Clerks, All Other$32,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $60,340230

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

#	Occupation	MedianPortland-South Portland, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,370	$36,860 – $99,520	760
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,280	$52,470 – $77,190	280
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,130	$42,600 – $75,030	170
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,590	$46,750 – $79,040	210
5	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,630	$46,500 – $96,920	940
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	640
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,760	$47,440 – $76,090	330
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,620	$38,990 – $81,700	260
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,620	$44,450 – $65,650	460
10	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,200	$44,400 – $73,550	140
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$54,610	$43,520 – $71,990	2,670
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$42,180 – $68,910	2,930
13	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$46,150 – $63,230	160
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,770	$43,020 – $66,140	180
15	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,190	$45,880 – $62,230	210
16	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,880	$45,580 – $73,680	320
17	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,860	$44,600 – $61,540	130
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,650	$43,410 – $61,740	840
19	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$46,430 – $58,950	190
20	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,670	$38,350 – $90,150	90
21	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,040	$40,700 – $61,350	140
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$36,780 – $64,930	3,480
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,860	$38,160 – $64,610	1,070
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$40,710 – $58,580	2,020
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$34,530 – $62,630	4,310
26	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,190	$39,370 – $50,960	410
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,800	$37,910 – $51,970	100
28	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,800	$39,870 – $49,020	100
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,770	$36,480 – $49,510	1,730
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$39,120 – $47,540	930
31	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,470	$37,500 – $66,140	190
32	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,600	$37,510 – $50,380	180
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$35,150 – $52,830	650
34	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,150	$30,470 – $60,340	230

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Portland-South Portland, ME. 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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