High paying office and admin jobs in Wilmington, NC with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Wilmington, 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 Wilmington, NC run 3.6% below the national average (2024), so a Wilmington, NC salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Wilmington, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$61,570
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $75,030100
2Loan Interviewers and Clerks$58,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,260 – $74,980210
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040580
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$52,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,710 – $57,160120
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $73,480130
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$51,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,440 – $74,780220
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$49,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $73,970370
8Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$47,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $61,860200
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$47,420
Associate's degree
$33,860 – $59,80060
10Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $61,740240
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,730
Some college, no degree
$31,660 – $62,8202,300
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,290 – $60,3202,070
13Order Clerks$44,880
Some college, no degree
$36,610 – $56,580110
14Bill and Account Collectors$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,120 – $56,400130
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $65,99070
16Billing and Posting Clerks$44,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $58,240240
17Tellers$40,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $48,730230
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $50,3302,700
19Cargo and Freight Agents$39,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $64,010200
20Data Entry Keyers$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,190 – $49,820110
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$39,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,130 – $64,050550
22Office Clerks, General$39,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $58,5302,720
23File Clerks$39,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,890 – $55,96060
24Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$38,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,180 – $77,880120
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$38,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,210 – $48,56080
26Customer Service Representatives$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,400 – $56,4702,850
27Library Assistants, Clerical$37,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $38,41060
28Couriers and Messengers$37,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,660 – $47,800110
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$34,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,080 – $44,9601,210
30Information and Record Clerks, All Other$29,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,740 – $58,270160
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,960 – $36,100370

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

#	Occupation	MedianWilmington, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$54,330 – $75,030	100
2	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,860	$43,260 – $74,980	210
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	580
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,770	$41,710 – $57,160	120
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,480	$37,280 – $73,480	130
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,140	$40,440 – $74,780	220
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,370	$36,510 – $73,970	370
8	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,550	$35,100 – $61,860	200
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$47,420	$33,860 – $59,800	60
10	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$30,670 – $61,740	240
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,730	$31,660 – $62,820	2,300
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$32,290 – $60,320	2,070
13	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,880	$36,610 – $56,580	110
14	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$31,120 – $56,400	130
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$36,680 – $65,990	70
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,310	$31,990 – $58,240	240
17	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,740	$33,860 – $48,730	230
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,040	$36,200 – $50,330	2,700
19	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,790	$39,790 – $64,010	200
20	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$31,190 – $49,820	110
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,630	$30,130 – $64,050	550
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,380	$22,570 – $58,530	2,720
23	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,290	$29,890 – $55,960	60
24	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,150	$27,180 – $77,880	120
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,150	$30,210 – $48,560	80
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$29,400 – $56,470	2,850
27	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,500	$35,620 – $38,410	60
28	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,330	$28,660 – $47,800	110
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,260	$22,080 – $44,960	1,210
30	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,740	$29,740 – $58,270	160
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,520	$22,960 – $36,100	370

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