High paying office and admin jobs in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 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 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI run 7.1% below the national average (2024), so a South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI salary is worth about 1.08× 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, South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040320
2Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,03060
3Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,780
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,28080
4Brokerage Clerks$56,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,560 – $74,26050
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$55,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $76,360290
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $71,330100
7Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$49,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,450 – $74,990220
8Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,940
Some college, no degree
$32,310 – $64,3701,110
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,480 – $59,810160
10Public Safety Telecommunicators$47,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,860 – $57,820120
11Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $72,090120
12Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $66,960140
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,120
Associate's degree
$34,510 – $57,93080
14Billing and Posting Clerks$45,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,050 – $57,650430
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $63,23070
16Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $63,190210
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,540 – $58,950960
18Bill and Account Collectors$44,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $58,40080
19Procurement Clerks$44,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,890 – $62,57050
20Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$42,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,370 – $70,660110
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $52,270870
22Office Clerks, General$41,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,090 – $60,4902,770
23Order Clerks$41,170
Some college, no degree
$36,120 – $55,07050
24Customer Service Representatives$40,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $60,6601,870
25Data Entry Keyers$40,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $54,010120
26Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,820 – $52,420980
27File Clerks$38,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $59,79070
28Tellers$37,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,120 – $46,670480
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,480 – $46,290880
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,660 – $35,840280

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

#	Occupation	MedianSouth Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	320
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$55,350 – $75,030	60
3	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,780	$47,440 – $75,280	80
4	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,810	$39,560 – $74,260	50
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,150	$38,650 – $76,360	290
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,320	$38,640 – $71,330	100
7	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,320	$38,450 – $74,990	220
8	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,940	$32,310 – $64,370	1,110
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$40,480 – $59,810	160
10	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,170	$37,860 – $57,820	120
11	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,140	$37,760 – $72,090	120
12	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,410	$36,330 – $66,960	140
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,120	$34,510 – $57,930	80
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,870	$38,050 – $57,650	430
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,870	$37,650 – $63,230	70
16	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$37,480 – $63,190	210
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,820	$35,540 – $58,950	960
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,710	$35,410 – $58,400	80
19	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,200	$34,890 – $62,570	50
20	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,720	$34,370 – $70,660	110
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,580	$35,430 – $52,270	870
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,590	$24,090 – $60,490	2,770
23	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$41,170	$36,120 – $55,070	50
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,420	$30,560 – $60,660	1,870
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,210	$31,990 – $54,010	120
26	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,510	$31,820 – $52,420	980
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,590	$34,750 – $59,790	70
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,890	$35,120 – $46,670	480
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,320	$27,480 – $46,290	880
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,730	$27,660 – $35,840	280

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. 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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