High paying office and admin jobs in Winston-Salem, NC with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$66,750
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $76,360110
2Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040730
3Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $73,430220
4Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$49,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,140 – $71,400280
5Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $82,250350
6Billing and Posting Clerks$49,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $58,290460
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$48,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $74,430830
8Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $61,770530
9Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,360
Some college, no degree
$34,220 – $63,5902,880
10Cargo and Freight Agents$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,410 – $68,380170
11Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,560 – $54,6803,980
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $69,990250
13Public Safety Telecommunicators$46,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $58,420210
14Tellers$46,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $47,580370
15Bill and Account Collectors$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,320 – $66,620200
16Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,440 – $76,310160
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $60,6902,250
18Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $60,810340
19Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$45,040
Associate's degree
$33,970 – $59,490170
20Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $48,380410
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,730 – $56,0401,620
22Order Clerks$43,820
Some college, no degree
$33,860 – $58,910130
23Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$41,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $60,200120
24File Clerks$40,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,180 – $54,480200
25Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$40,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,740 – $50,660110
26Office Clerks, General$39,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,870 – $59,9803,500
27Data Entry Keyers$38,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,520 – $49,570190
28Customer Service Representatives$38,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $58,8003,770
29Couriers and Messengers$37,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,890 – $44,360120
30Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$36,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,320 – $45,25090
31Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,000 – $45,0101,210
32Library Assistants, Clerical$31,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,850 – $48,620160
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$29,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,040 – $35,630310
34Information and Record Clerks, All Other$23,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,750 – $48,100200

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$66,750	$55,350 – $76,360	110
2	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$42,390 – $81,040	730
3	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$38,090 – $73,430	220
4	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,970	$40,140 – $71,400	280
5	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,420	$34,690 – $82,250	350
6	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,260	$38,030 – $58,290	460
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,990	$38,080 – $74,430	830
8	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,560	$37,560 – $61,770	530
9	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,360	$34,220 – $63,590	2,880
10	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$40,410 – $68,380	170
11	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,370	$36,560 – $54,680	3,980
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,200	$45,250 – $69,990	250
13	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,090	$36,630 – $58,420	210
14	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,060	$37,960 – $47,580	370
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$30,320 – $66,620	200
16	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$31,440 – $76,310	160
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,640	$32,130 – $60,690	2,250
18	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$36,410 – $60,810	340
19	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$45,040	$33,970 – $59,490	170
20	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$37,280 – $48,380	410
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$32,730 – $56,040	1,620
22	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$43,820	$33,860 – $58,910	130
23	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,000	$34,510 – $60,200	120
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,230	$32,180 – $54,480	200
25	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,220	$28,740 – $50,660	110
26	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,510	$26,870 – $59,980	3,500
27	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,640	$31,520 – $49,570	190
28	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,410	$29,120 – $58,800	3,770
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,180	$23,890 – $44,360	120
30	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,320	$29,320 – $45,250	90
31	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,360	$23,000 – $45,010	1,210
32	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,360	$22,850 – $48,620	160
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,080	$23,040 – $35,630	310
34	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,750	$23,750 – $48,100	200

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