High paying office and admin jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Tuscaloosa, AL 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 Tuscaloosa, AL run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Tuscaloosa, AL 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, Tuscaloosa, AL · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$70,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,310 – $86,990100
2Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03060
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,690
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040270
4Information and Record Clerks, All Other$55,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,910 – $72,65040
5Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $61,460100
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $63,26040
7Loan Interviewers and Clerks$44,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $56,220100
8Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$44,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $68,74070
9Billing and Posting Clerks$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $57,960150
10Public Safety Telecommunicators$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,850 – $62,900170
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$43,400
Some college, no degree
$29,490 – $58,700900
12Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $57,71060
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$41,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,750 – $56,6702,330
14Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$41,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,810 – $72,13080
15Meter Readers, Utilities$40,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $47,13040
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$40,430
Associate's degree
$31,590 – $59,53040
17Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,190 – $54,170390
18Bill and Account Collectors$40,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,930 – $56,16070
19Customer Service Representatives$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $52,930860
20Tellers$37,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,630 – $45,600300
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,160 – $50,900660
22Data Entry Keyers$32,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $40,28060
23Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$32,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $45,710170
24Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$32,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,850 – $44,91040
25Office Clerks, General$30,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,960 – $47,420770
26Receptionists and Information Clerks$30,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,020 – $39,000510
27Couriers and Messengers$29,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $35,99050
28Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$28,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,540 – $33,640210

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

#	Occupation	MedianTuscaloosa, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,610	$40,310 – $86,990	100
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	60
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$58,690	$42,390 – $81,040	270
4	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,490	$44,910 – $72,650	40
5	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,240	$37,430 – $61,460	100
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$35,610 – $63,260	40
7	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,770	$31,010 – $56,220	100
8	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,740	$32,210 – $68,740	70
9	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$32,210 – $57,960	150
10	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$29,850 – $62,900	170
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,400	$29,490 – $58,700	900
12	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,880	$29,690 – $57,710	60
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,550	$28,750 – $56,670	2,330
14	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,260	$30,810 – $72,130	80
15	Meter Readers, UtilitiesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,500	$38,480 – $47,130	40
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$40,430	$31,590 – $59,530	40
17	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,360	$30,190 – $54,170	390
18	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,190	$31,930 – $56,160	70
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$30,320 – $52,930	860
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,150	$30,630 – $45,600	300
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$29,160 – $50,900	660
22	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,990	$30,750 – $40,280	60
23	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,670	$31,060 – $45,710	170
24	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,210	$27,850 – $44,910	40
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,690	$20,960 – $47,420	770
26	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,630	$22,020 – $39,000	510
27	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,280	$22,570 – $35,990	50
28	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,350	$23,540 – $33,640	210

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