High paying office and admin jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030600
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,0403,210
3Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,300
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,2801,030
4Public Safety Telecommunicators$53,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,100 – $76,750810
5Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,420
Associate's degree
$39,080 – $63,620530
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$50,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,530 – $79,8403,140
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $63,5401,980
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$50,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $76,1702,300
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,090
Some college, no degree
$37,470 – $72,06012,750
10Order Clerks$49,190
Some college, no degree
$35,770 – $62,380650
11Bill and Account Collectors$49,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $59,1602,160
12Cargo and Freight Agents$48,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $81,070790
13Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $61,1001,220
14Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $66,9203,130
15Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,770 – $74,2502,430
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $61,6101,050
17Tellers$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $57,6702,100
18Billing and Posting Clerks$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $60,7604,540
19Office Clerks, General$45,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,090 – $64,07023,680
20Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$45,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,840 – $65,2101,820
21Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,070 – $56,920470
22Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$43,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $56,39016,350
23Customer Service Representatives$42,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $59,55034,150
24File Clerks$40,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $57,5801,040
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $59,6006,350
26Data Entry Keyers$38,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,120 – $48,6101,460
27Couriers and Messengers$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,060 – $45,840680
28Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,200 – $77,2901,590
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $48,0501,350
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $46,48010,290
31Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$36,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,760 – $55,330700
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,080 – $42,6402,450
33Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$33,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,960 – $59,6203,400

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

#	Occupation	MedianTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $75,030	600
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	3,210
3	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,300	$42,600 – $75,280	1,030
4	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,040	$39,100 – $76,750	810
5	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,420	$39,080 – $63,620	530
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,870	$35,530 – $79,840	3,140
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,510	$32,940 – $63,540	1,980
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,440	$34,510 – $76,170	2,300
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,090	$37,470 – $72,060	12,750
10	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$49,190	$35,770 – $62,380	650
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,070	$36,410 – $59,160	2,160
12	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,870	$38,100 – $81,070	790
13	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,640	$39,000 – $61,100	1,220
14	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,620	$37,430 – $66,920	3,130
15	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$36,770 – $74,250	2,430
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$36,050 – $61,610	1,050
17	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$36,750 – $57,670	2,100
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$38,300 – $60,760	4,540
19	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,680	$32,090 – $64,070	23,680
20	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,090	$35,840 – $65,210	1,820
21	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$35,070 – $56,920	470
22	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,770	$36,680 – $56,390	16,350
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,660	$32,130 – $59,550	34,150
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,770	$32,130 – $57,580	1,040
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,370	$32,210 – $59,600	6,350
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,510	$33,120 – $48,610	1,460
27	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$33,060 – $45,840	680
28	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$33,200 – $77,290	1,590
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,970	$27,040 – $48,050	1,350
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,640	$30,160 – $46,480	10,290
31	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,280	$33,760 – $55,330	700
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,620	$30,080 – $42,640	2,450
33	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,960	$33,960 – $59,620	3,400

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