High paying office and admin jobs in St. Cloud, MN with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in St. Cloud, 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 St. Cloud, MN run 12.4% below the national average (2024), so a St. Cloud, MN salary is worth about 1.14× 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, St. Cloud, MN · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$65,540
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36050
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,410 – $80,280230
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,170
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740210
4Public Safety Telecommunicators$60,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,510 – $61,47070
5Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,740
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,03050
6Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$59,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,630 – $65,59060
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$59,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,020 – $80,480120
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$58,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,660 – $76,860100
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$56,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,340 – $77,750100
10Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$55,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,140 – $68,35050
11Cargo and Freight Agents$55,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,460 – $71,03080
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$55,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,730 – $79,000150
13Information and Record Clerks, All Other$52,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,430 – $63,71080
14Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,040 – $72,43070
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,570
Some college, no degree
$37,790 – $69,010880
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,410 – $61,960170
17Billing and Posting Clerks$50,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,730 – $71,540190
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$49,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $65,6901,230
19Procurement Clerks$48,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,250 – $63,71060
20Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$48,210
Associate's degree
$40,810 – $64,330150
21Customer Service Representatives$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,010 – $64,1401,850
22Data Entry Keyers$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $64,34050
23New Accounts Clerks$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,310 – $58,72080
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,830 – $57,850550
25Office Clerks, General$46,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $63,5202,240
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $60,360620
27File Clerks$45,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $54,10060
28Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,680 – $49,67060
29Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$44,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,290 – $51,48080
30Bill and Account Collectors$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,560 – $59,440190
31Tellers$43,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $49,840300
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,780 – $48,360380
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,130 – $37,730140

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Cloud, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,540	$42,600 – $76,360	50
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,720	$45,410 – $80,280	230
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,170	$42,390 – $83,740	210
4	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,160	$44,510 – $61,470	70
5	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,740	$54,330 – $75,030	50
6	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,390	$42,630 – $65,590	60
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,180	$53,020 – $80,480	120
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,960	$49,660 – $76,860	100
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,410	$46,340 – $77,750	100
10	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,540	$30,140 – $68,350	50
11	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,350	$41,460 – $71,030	80
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,300	$37,730 – $79,000	150
13	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,750	$45,430 – $63,710	80
14	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,970	$38,040 – $72,430	70
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,570	$37,790 – $69,010	880
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,210	$41,410 – $61,960	170
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,070	$43,730 – $71,540	190
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,470	$38,370 – $65,690	1,230
19	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,560	$41,250 – $63,710	60
20	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$48,210	$40,810 – $64,330	150
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$33,010 – $64,140	1,850
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$35,340 – $64,340	50
23	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$39,310 – $58,720	80
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,840	$38,830 – $57,850	550
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,390	$35,140 – $63,520	2,240
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$35,030 – $60,360	620
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,000	$40,050 – $54,100	60
28	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$39,680 – $49,670	60
29	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,220	$37,290 – $51,480	80
30	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$29,560 – $59,440	190
31	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,820	$35,930 – $49,840	300
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,210	$26,780 – $48,360	380
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,290	$29,130 – $37,730	140

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