High paying office and admin jobs in Wausau, WI with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Wausau, WI 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 Wausau, WI run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Wausau, WI salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Wausau, WI · Employed

1Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
2Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,140 – $69,73060
3Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$59,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $60,100150
4Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$56,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $72,80080
5Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$56,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,490 – $76,360270
6Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,090 – $60,72030
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,880
Some college, no degree
$35,440 – $68,550600
8Bill and Account Collectors$47,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,760 – $61,63090
9Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $61,970540
10Billing and Posting Clerks$47,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,810 – $60,770150
11Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,470 – $63,63040
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $57,550180
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $59,790590
14Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,180 – $56,690220
15New Accounts Clerks$46,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,540 – $57,36070
16Customer Service Representatives$46,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $61,2601,000
17Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,450
Associate's degree
$28,730 – $62,41040
18Office Clerks, General$44,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,320 – $60,8701,170
19File Clerks$41,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,120 – $60,29050
20Library Assistants, Clerical$40,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,740 – $48,92030
21Tellers$40,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,780 – $46,430280
22Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $48,620790
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,660 – $37,630100
24Information and Record Clerks, All Other$27,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,290 – $51,09030

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

#	Occupation	MedianWausau, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	130
2	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,650	$45,140 – $69,730	60
3	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,270	$39,420 – $60,100	150
4	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,460	$38,480 – $72,800	80
5	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,050	$40,490 – $76,360	270
6	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,290	$48,090 – $60,720	30
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,880	$35,440 – $68,550	600
8	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,930	$43,760 – $61,630	90
9	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,850	$35,720 – $61,970	540
10	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,670	$37,810 – $60,770	150
11	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,660	$43,470 – $63,630	40
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$39,430 – $57,550	180
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,000	$36,940 – $59,790	590
14	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$39,180 – $56,690	220
15	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,540	$39,540 – $57,360	70
16	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,260	$34,840 – $61,260	1,000
17	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,450	$28,730 – $62,410	40
18	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,660	$29,320 – $60,870	1,170
19	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,790	$35,120 – $60,290	50
20	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,630	$30,740 – $48,920	30
21	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,370	$36,780 – $46,430	280
22	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,670	$28,550 – $48,620	790
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,110	$29,660 – $37,630	100
24	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,610	$23,290 – $51,090	30

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