High paying office and admin jobs in Richmond, VA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Richmond, VA 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 Richmond, VA run 2.1% below the national average (2024), so a Richmond, VA salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Richmond, VA · Employed

1Financial Clerks, All Other$63,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,710 – $76,500270
2Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$61,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,990 – $94,740560
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,130
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0401,200
4Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,690250
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,180 – $77,520630
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,620 – $81,7201,230
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$55,350
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,2801,090
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$53,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,200 – $63,560520
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$53,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,930 – $65,500680
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$52,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $66,990710
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,730
Associate's degree
$38,680 – $65,510470
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,400
Some college, no degree
$37,360 – $70,1604,890
13Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$50,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $71,0701,190
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,510 – $69,140910
15Cargo and Freight Agents$49,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,850 – $69,320280
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $66,930880
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,230 – $63,1204,940
18Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,310 – $60,8201,530
19Billing and Posting Clerks$47,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $64,3801,610
20File Clerks$47,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,830 – $59,300250
21Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,600 – $61,080280
22Bill and Account Collectors$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,080 – $63,8601,040
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $72,280230
24Office Clerks, General$46,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $64,85010,890
25Tellers$45,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $59,230830
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $61,5104,420
27Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $53,8304,140
28Order Clerks$42,830
Some college, no degree
$34,480 – $64,170340
29Customer Service Representatives$42,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,340 – $61,05010,960
30Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$42,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,190 – $59,950860
31Data Entry Keyers$40,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,010 – $50,700480
32Couriers and Messengers$38,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,440 – $49,710280
33Library Assistants, Clerical$38,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,450 – $47,400400
34Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,730 – $51,940360
35Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,530 – $45,7203,550
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,570 – $35,800860

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

#	Occupation	MedianRichmond, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,220	$50,710 – $76,500	270
2	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,600	$46,990 – $94,740	560
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,130	$42,390 – $81,040	1,200
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$54,330 – $75,690	250
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,010	$41,180 – $77,520	630
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$40,620 – $81,720	1,230
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$55,350	$42,600 – $75,280	1,090
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,390	$44,200 – $63,560	520
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,090	$44,930 – $65,500	680
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,800	$38,610 – $66,990	710
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,730	$38,680 – $65,510	470
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,400	$37,360 – $70,160	4,890
13	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,480	$36,880 – $71,070	1,190
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,830	$38,510 – $69,140	910
15	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,640	$46,850 – $69,320	280
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,580	$36,400 – $66,930	880
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$34,230 – $63,120	4,940
18	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$28,310 – $60,820	1,530
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,170	$38,060 – $64,380	1,610
20	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,020	$28,830 – $59,300	250
21	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,670	$31,600 – $61,080	280
22	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$32,080 – $63,860	1,040
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,390	$37,300 – $72,280	230
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,320	$32,130 – $64,850	10,890
25	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,590	$36,990 – $59,230	830
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$32,240 – $61,510	4,420
27	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,310	$36,730 – $53,830	4,140
28	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,830	$34,480 – $64,170	340
29	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,660	$31,340 – $61,050	10,960
30	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,650	$40,190 – $59,950	860
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,270	$28,010 – $50,700	480
32	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,270	$32,440 – $49,710	280
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,230	$32,450 – $47,400	400
34	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,170	$26,730 – $51,940	360
35	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$28,530 – $45,720	3,550
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,850	$28,570 – $35,800	860

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