High paying office and admin jobs in Traverse City, MI with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Traverse City, MI 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 Traverse City, MI run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Traverse City, MI salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Traverse City, MI · Employed

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$70,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,540 – $86,030120
2Postal Service Clerks$62,130
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $71,86060
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,920 – $87,60070
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,980
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $71,39090
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,510
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $83,740180
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$55,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,860 – $63,11050
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,980 – $75,93040
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $74,21080
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $65,120130
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,650 – $61,59060
11Bill and Account Collectors$47,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $61,66040
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,350
Some college, no degree
$36,550 – $60,960890
13Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,210 – $59,760140
14Billing and Posting Clerks$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $52,010400
15Office Clerks, General$44,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,350 – $61,0001,650
16Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $60,760300
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $59,600640
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,500 – $49,560530
19Customer Service Representatives$42,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,150 – $59,650960
20Order Clerks$40,470
Some college, no degree
$28,920 – $63,44030
21Data Entry Keyers$40,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $52,92050
22Couriers and Messengers$39,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $43,99030
23Tellers$38,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $46,270220
24Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $46,700540
25Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$34,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,110 – $44,820220
26Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$34,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $39,48040

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

#	Occupation	MedianTraverse City, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,660	$47,540 – $86,030	120
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,130	$42,600 – $71,860	60
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,190	$44,920 – $87,600	70
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,980	$48,880 – $71,390	90
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,510	$42,390 – $83,740	180
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,550	$40,860 – $63,110	50
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,550	$43,980 – $75,930	40
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,140	$39,120 – $74,210	80
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,280	$37,110 – $65,120	130
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,200	$40,650 – $61,590	60
11	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,770	$38,780 – $61,660	40
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,350	$36,550 – $60,960	890
13	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,340	$39,210 – $59,760	140
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$38,300 – $52,010	400
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,470	$30,350 – $61,000	1,650
16	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,310	$35,260 – $60,760	300
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,200	$31,480 – $59,600	640
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,180	$37,500 – $49,560	530
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,030	$34,150 – $59,650	960
20	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$40,470	$28,920 – $63,440	30
21	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,450	$29,990 – $52,920	50
22	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,710	$36,600 – $43,990	30
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,640	$36,710 – $46,270	220
24	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,900	$29,330 – $46,700	540
25	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,950	$29,110 – $44,820	220
26	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,670	$25,960 – $39,480	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Traverse City, MI. 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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