High paying office and admin jobs in Syracuse, NY with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Syracuse, NY 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 Syracuse, NY run 4.3% below the national average (2024), so a Syracuse, NY salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Syracuse, NY · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$64,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,040 – $71,680280
2Postal Service Clerks$62,610
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030210
3Cargo and Freight Agents$62,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,100 – $73,150120
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040780
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,150 – $87,5501,330
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,430
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,030410
7Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$55,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,490 – $76,580230
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,690 – $75,220290
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$52,000
Some college, no degree
$38,740 – $72,8302,980
10Bill and Account Collectors$51,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,550 – $66,620170
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$51,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,900 – $77,920350
12Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $61,980450
13Procurement Clerks$50,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,400 – $63,590120
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,320 – $83,140140
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,310 – $76,960490
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,210
Associate's degree
$39,520 – $63,560280
17Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $64,940100
18Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$48,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,250 – $60,780100
19Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$48,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $62,8904,950
20Billing and Posting Clerks$48,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $63,2901,250
21New Accounts Clerks$48,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $59,070210
22Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,890 – $74,890480
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,040 – $48,990200
24Word Processors and Typists$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $55,900580
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $61,9201,390
26Customer Service Representatives$45,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,630 – $65,6804,710
27Office Clerks, General$45,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $62,2804,020
28Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $50,1501,870
29Data Entry Keyers$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,400 – $56,180230
30Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$42,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $49,140170
31File Clerks$39,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,560 – $61,070140
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,520 – $48,6902,340
33Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$39,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,690 – $48,760300
34Tellers$39,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $45,860580
35Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$39,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $49,250120
36Couriers and Messengers$37,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $47,520270
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $43,360340
38Library Assistants, Clerical$35,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $46,660340

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

#	Occupation	MedianSyracuse, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,550	$52,040 – $71,680	280
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,610	$42,600 – $75,030	210
3	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,100	$46,100 – $73,150	120
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	780
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,090	$43,150 – $87,550	1,330
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$47,440 – $75,030	410
7	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,780	$39,490 – $76,580	230
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,410	$44,690 – $75,220	290
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$52,000	$38,740 – $72,830	2,980
10	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,780	$38,550 – $66,620	170
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,170	$41,900 – $77,920	350
12	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,940	$47,840 – $61,980	450
13	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,800	$41,400 – $63,590	120
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,600	$40,320 – $83,140	140
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,480	$39,310 – $76,960	490
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,210	$39,520 – $63,560	280
17	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$39,890 – $64,940	100
18	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,780	$34,250 – $60,780	100
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,500	$37,230 – $62,890	4,950
20	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,230	$38,260 – $63,290	1,250
21	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,220	$38,690 – $59,070	210
22	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$38,890 – $74,890	480
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,770	$38,040 – $48,990	200
24	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$36,160 – $55,900	580
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$35,360 – $61,920	1,390
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,360	$34,630 – $65,680	4,710
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,060	$32,240 – $62,280	4,020
28	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,870	$37,440 – $50,150	1,870
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$34,400 – $56,180	230
30	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,150	$34,650 – $49,140	170
31	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,990	$32,560 – $61,070	140
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,900	$32,520 – $48,690	2,340
33	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,690	$39,690 – $48,760	300
34	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,600	$37,740 – $45,860	580
35	Office Machine Operators, Except ComputerHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,150	$32,240 – $49,250	120
36	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,040	$33,860 – $47,520	270
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,870	$32,240 – $43,360	340
38	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,040	$32,240 – $46,660	340

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