High paying office and admin jobs in Springfield, MO with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Springfield, MO 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 Springfield, MO run 11.4% below the national average (2024), so a Springfield, MO salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Springfield, MO · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$60,250
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030100
2Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,980
No formal educational credential
$48,960 – $75,280200
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,710
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740520
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,780 – $96,450400
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$49,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $77,030510
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$47,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $84,280280
7Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $75,220150
8Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,030 – $64,260110
9Public Safety Telecommunicators$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,380 – $56,100230
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $60,490450
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,330
Some college, no degree
$34,440 – $60,9601,440
12Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$44,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $55,730100
13Billing and Posting Clerks$43,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $58,360600
14Bill and Account Collectors$43,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,670 – $60,810170
15Information and Record Clerks, All Other$42,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $61,610150
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,190 – $58,340930
17Couriers and Messengers$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $41,410190
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,340 – $60,6102,540
19Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$40,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,870 – $59,240300
20Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$40,090
Associate's degree
$36,700 – $51,730100
21Customer Service Representatives$38,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,130 – $60,4004,120
22Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$38,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $48,900240
23Office Clerks, General$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $58,8604,370
24Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,820 – $62,450160
25Data Entry Keyers$37,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,130 – $53,370150
26Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$37,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,870 – $48,6801,030
27Tellers$36,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $46,440990
28Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$36,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $42,62090
29File Clerks$34,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $46,12070
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,750 – $44,0501,470
31Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$34,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $42,910410
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,810 – $36,960330
33Library Assistants, Clerical$28,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $42,50070

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpringfield, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,250	$42,600 – $75,030	100
2	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,980	$48,960 – $75,280	200
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,710	$42,390 – $83,740	520
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,760	$36,780 – $96,450	400
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,220	$37,940 – $77,030	510
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,980	$37,040 – $84,280	280
7	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,170	$37,690 – $75,220	150
8	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,880	$31,030 – $64,260	110
9	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$38,380 – $56,100	230
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$36,120 – $60,490	450
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,330	$34,440 – $60,960	1,440
12	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,910	$32,130 – $55,730	100
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,260	$34,320 – $58,360	600
14	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,190	$32,670 – $60,810	170
15	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,190	$36,230 – $61,610	150
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,850	$32,190 – $58,340	930
17	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$38,260 – $41,410	190
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,690	$31,340 – $60,610	2,540
19	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,210	$33,870 – $59,240	300
20	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$40,090	$36,700 – $51,730	100
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,970	$31,130 – $60,400	4,120
22	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,900	$38,900 – $48,900	240
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$29,640 – $58,860	4,370
24	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,900	$29,820 – $62,450	160
25	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,680	$30,130 – $53,370	150
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,150	$35,870 – $48,680	1,030
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,650	$28,600 – $46,440	990
28	Office Machine Operators, Except ComputerHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,200	$30,470 – $42,620	90
29	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,710	$30,160 – $46,120	70
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,590	$28,750 – $44,050	1,470
31	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,160	$28,600 – $42,910	410
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,520	$28,810 – $36,960	330
33	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,600	$28,600 – $42,500	70

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