High paying office and admin jobs in Topeka, KS with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Topeka, KS 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 Topeka, KS run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Topeka, KS 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, Topeka, KS · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$63,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,360 – $79,660320
2Postal Service Clerks$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $71,86080
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,820
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040280
4Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $74,780160
5Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$53,930
Associate's degree
$40,640 – $66,00090
6Information and Record Clerks, All Other$53,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,860 – $64,31060
7Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$49,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $49,280100
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,450 – $61,34090
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$48,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $64,630510
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,350
Some college, no degree
$32,940 – $66,2101,260
11Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $62,870130
12Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $60,780110
13Billing and Posting Clerks$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $64,590220
14Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $57,820370
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $69,18090
16Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,630 – $59,860100
17Bill and Account Collectors$46,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,100 – $71,76090
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $60,270460
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,250 – $55,070510
20Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,300 – $57,210180
21Customer Service Representatives$43,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,460 – $63,9202,340
22File Clerks$42,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $53,33050
23Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,730 – $55,7002,920
24New Accounts Clerks$39,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $56,53080
25Couriers and Messengers$38,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $45,89050
26Office Clerks, General$37,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,960 – $64,520330
27Data Entry Keyers$36,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $36,960300
28Tellers$36,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,130 – $46,030370
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,200 – $45,400480
30Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,450 – $45,080280
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $35,940160
32Library Assistants, Clerical$29,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,960 – $37,500110

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

#	Occupation	MedianTopeka, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,010	$45,360 – $79,660	320
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $71,860	80
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,820	$42,390 – $81,040	280
4	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,530	$45,640 – $74,780	160
5	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$53,930	$40,640 – $66,000	90
6	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,270	$37,860 – $64,310	60
7	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,100	$36,520 – $49,280	100
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$41,450 – $61,340	90
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,460	$37,980 – $64,630	510
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,350	$32,940 – $66,210	1,260
11	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,950	$38,560 – $62,870	130
12	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,550	$40,080 – $60,780	110
13	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$37,270 – $64,590	220
14	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$37,230 – $57,820	370
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,170	$35,810 – $69,180	90
16	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$38,630 – $59,860	100
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,610	$29,100 – $71,760	90
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,850	$35,990 – $60,270	460
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,820	$37,250 – $55,070	510
20	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,390	$29,300 – $57,210	180
21	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,180	$29,460 – $63,920	2,340
22	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,620	$36,310 – $53,330	50
23	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,500	$30,730 – $55,700	2,920
24	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,020	$34,690 – $56,530	80
25	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,980	$28,550 – $45,890	50
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,530	$21,960 – $64,520	330
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,760	$28,090 – $36,960	300
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,230	$29,130 – $46,030	370
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,780	$27,200 – $45,400	480
30	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,500	$28,450 – $45,080	280
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,520	$28,970 – $35,940	160
32	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,430	$22,960 – $37,500	110

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