High paying office and admin jobs in Rochester, MN with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Rochester, MN 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 Rochester, MN run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Rochester, MN · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$70,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,360 – $77,47070
2Billing and Posting Clerks$67,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,310 – $72,290500
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$63,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,330 – $76,23080
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,890 – $83,340140
5Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$61,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $64,530200
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,240
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040230
7Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $71,86050
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$60,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,920 – $81,580120
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$60,540
Associate's degree
$47,990 – $65,500200
10Bill and Account Collectors$58,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $95,29070
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$58,350
Some college, no degree
$38,870 – $79,650790
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$58,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,220 – $75,350110
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$55,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,370 – $80,930210
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$54,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,870 – $66,30060
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$52,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $66,0101,000
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $66,350330
17Office Clerks, General$48,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $66,4201,690
18New Accounts Clerks$48,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,530 – $60,17060
19Customer Service Representatives$47,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,580 – $64,9401,250
20Couriers and Messengers$46,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $57,65060
21Tellers$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $49,770180
22Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,770 – $41,390310
23Library Assistants, Clerical$36,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,130 – $46,370110
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,550 – $50,900420

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,140	$61,360 – $77,470	70
2	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,390	$50,310 – $72,290	500
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,550	$51,330 – $76,230	80
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,710	$44,890 – $83,340	140
5	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,340	$47,500 – $64,530	200
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,240	$42,390 – $81,040	230
7	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $71,860	50
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,970	$54,920 – $81,580	120
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$60,540	$47,990 – $65,500	200
10	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,370	$45,760 – $95,290	70
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$58,350	$38,870 – $79,650	790
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,350	$40,220 – $75,350	110
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,450	$42,370 – $80,930	210
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,610	$46,870 – $66,300	60
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,890	$37,280 – $66,010	1,000
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,020	$35,720 – $66,350	330
17	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,810	$36,070 – $66,420	1,690
18	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,620	$40,530 – $60,170	60
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,050	$32,580 – $64,940	1,250
20	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,000	$36,890 – $57,650	60
21	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$37,230 – $49,770	180
22	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,690	$29,770 – $41,390	310
23	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,620	$30,130 – $46,370	110
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,570	$27,550 – $50,900	420

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