High paying office and admin jobs in Sumter, SC with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Sumter, SC 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 Sumter, SC run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Sumter, SC 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, Sumter, SC · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$52,520
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040140
2Information and Record Clerks, All Other$52,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $59,95050
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,510 – $78,640130
4Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$43,810
Some college, no degree
$29,130 – $66,080280
5Billing and Posting Clerks$41,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,650 – $74,89080
6Loan Interviewers and Clerks$40,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $54,82040
7Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$40,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,590 – $59,020410
8Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $55,570190
9Customer Service Representatives$39,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,360 – $50,750990
10Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$38,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,260 – $60,00070
11Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$38,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $44,67040
12Tellers$37,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $44,670100
13Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$35,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,160 – $52,520160
14Office Clerks, General$35,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,550 – $54,570620
15Receptionists and Information Clerks$31,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,730 – $44,860180
16Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$23,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,100 – $29,17080

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

#	Occupation	MedianSumter, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$52,520	$42,390 – $81,040	140
2	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,440	$36,820 – $59,950	50
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,270	$39,510 – $78,640	130
4	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,810	$29,130 – $66,080	280
5	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,760	$35,650 – $74,890	80
6	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,740	$33,860 – $54,820	40
7	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,210	$24,590 – $59,020	410
8	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,380	$34,200 – $55,570	190
9	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,100	$30,360 – $50,750	990
10	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,780	$29,260 – $60,000	70
11	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,070	$34,590 – $44,670	40
12	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,090	$32,940 – $44,670	100
13	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,510	$24,160 – $52,520	160
14	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,260	$20,550 – $54,570	620
15	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,060	$21,730 – $44,860	180
16	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,790	$18,100 – $29,170	80

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