High paying office and admin jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC run 2.1% below the national average (2024), so a Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC · Employed

1Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$63,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,650 – $96,7602,920
2Postal Service Clerks$60,740
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,360310
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,0401,470
4Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,280330
5Procurement Clerks$54,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,640 – $64,210360
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$53,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,230 – $71,970660
7Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$52,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,150 – $63,690760
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$52,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,860 – $67,020470
9Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$50,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,700 – $65,450750
10Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,190 – $75,000470
11Cargo and Freight Agents$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $82,530410
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,690
Some college, no degree
$36,040 – $65,9205,880
13Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $64,2101,120
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $64,6201,090
15Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $71,090720
16Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,990
Associate's degree
$36,820 – $59,800500
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,040 – $61,9405,730
18Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,420 – $60,0301,100
19Billing and Posting Clerks$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $60,0401,470
20Office Clerks, General$44,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,030 – $61,22012,490
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $54,4604,970
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,240 – $61,2903,610
23Tellers$42,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $48,1601,320
24Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$42,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,030 – $60,070950
25Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$42,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $57,490340
26File Clerks$41,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $51,910330
27Library Assistants, Clerical$40,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,870 – $50,610400
28Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$40,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $76,820300
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,040 – $55,460340
30Customer Service Representatives$38,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $57,16010,960
31Data Entry Keyers$38,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $49,440510
32Bill and Account Collectors$36,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,180 – $50,1001,170
33Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,920 – $48,930250
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,320 – $44,8604,370
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,160 – $35,3201,580

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

#	Occupation	MedianVirginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,240	$44,650 – $96,760	2,920
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,740	$42,600 – $76,360	310
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$43,120 – $81,040	1,470
4	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$48,880 – $75,280	330
5	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,750	$43,640 – $64,210	360
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,190	$45,230 – $71,970	660
7	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,370	$44,150 – $63,690	760
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,020	$44,860 – $67,020	470
9	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,340	$37,700 – $65,450	750
10	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$35,190 – $75,000	470
11	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$38,420 – $82,530	410
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,690	$36,040 – $65,920	5,880
13	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,650	$31,750 – $64,210	1,120
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,160	$38,090 – $64,620	1,090
15	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,070	$36,530 – $71,090	720
16	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,990	$36,820 – $59,800	500
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,320	$34,040 – $61,940	5,730
18	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$28,420 – $60,030	1,100
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$36,900 – $60,040	1,470
20	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,630	$31,030 – $61,220	12,490
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,080	$35,880 – $54,460	4,970
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,630	$31,240 – $61,290	3,610
23	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,630	$36,540 – $48,160	1,320
24	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,520	$40,030 – $60,070	950
25	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,500	$32,130 – $57,490	340
26	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,050	$31,750 – $51,910	330
27	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,710	$30,870 – $50,610	400
28	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,660	$35,220 – $76,820	300
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$31,040 – $55,460	340
30	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,150	$30,300 – $57,160	10,960
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,030	$29,640 – $49,440	510
32	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,300	$31,180 – $50,100	1,170
33	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,210	$29,920 – $48,930	250
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,470	$28,320 – $44,860	4,370
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,980	$29,160 – $35,320	1,580

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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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