High paying office and admin jobs in Salem, OR with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Salem, OR 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 Salem, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Salem, OR salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Salem, OR · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$78,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,490 – $95,860180
2Postal Service Clerks$64,670
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36080
3Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$62,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,930 – $70,320230
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $84,890290
5Procurement Clerks$60,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,110 – $67,17070
6Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040330
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,210 – $76,140180
8Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$57,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $63,890290
9Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$56,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,100 – $74,970270
10Billing and Posting Clerks$56,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,190 – $73,160460
11Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$55,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,720 – $70,3203,220
12Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$55,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,110 – $68,020180
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$54,420
Some college, no degree
$38,560 – $77,8702,230
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$54,040
Associate's degree
$44,620 – $63,350150
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $74,130290
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$52,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $68,54090
17Office Clerks, General$50,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $63,6303,160
18Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,000 – $64,130260
19File Clerks$50,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $60,940130
20Cargo and Freight Agents$50,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,100 – $74,41060
21Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$49,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $59,930200
22New Accounts Clerks$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,550 – $61,58080
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $59,9801,440
24Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$48,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,780 – $55,66070
25Customer Service Representatives$47,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $70,3002,140
26Order Clerks$47,730
Some college, no degree
$40,220 – $64,64070
27Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $70,320920
28Information and Record Clerks, All Other$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $62,520510
29Data Entry Keyers$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,230 – $49,690100
30Tellers$45,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $48,460220
31Couriers and Messengers$42,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,170 – $56,82080
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $48,3101,290
33Library Assistants, Clerical$38,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,980 – $46,59060
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $45,050170

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalem, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,950	$57,490 – $95,860	180
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,670	$42,600 – $76,360	80
3	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,830	$49,930 – $70,320	230
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,590	$40,080 – $84,890	290
5	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,150	$45,110 – $67,170	70
6	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	330
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,180	$43,210 – $76,140	180
8	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,720	$34,910 – $63,890	290
9	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,240	$33,100 – $74,970	270
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,040	$42,190 – $73,160	460
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,660	$39,720 – $70,320	3,220
12	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,660	$41,110 – $68,020	180
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$54,420	$38,560 – $77,870	2,230
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$54,040	$44,620 – $63,350	150
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,040	$38,930 – $74,130	290
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,580	$36,890 – $68,540	90
17	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,650	$36,910 – $63,630	3,160
18	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,510	$48,000 – $64,130	260
19	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,390	$33,860 – $60,940	130
20	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,100	$44,100 – $74,410	60
21	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,810	$47,840 – $59,930	200
22	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$47,550 – $61,580	80
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$39,120 – $59,980	1,440
24	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,420	$30,780 – $55,660	70
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,790	$37,300 – $70,300	2,140
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,730	$40,220 – $64,640	70
27	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,590	$36,650 – $70,320	920
28	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$30,470 – $62,520	510
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$33,230 – $49,690	100
30	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,120	$37,600 – $48,460	220
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,280	$33,170 – $56,820	80
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,510	$31,410 – $48,310	1,290
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,420	$32,980 – $46,590	60
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,170	$34,320 – $45,050	170

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