High paying office and admin jobs in Merced, CA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Merced, CA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single office and admin job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Merced, CA run 1.7% below the national average (2024), so a Merced, CA 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, Merced, CA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$80,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,860 – $107,890150
2Postal Service Clerks$69,160
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $76,36040
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,700 – $101,510560
4Public Safety Telecommunicators$64,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,860 – $85,950120
5Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040200
6Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$61,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,340 – $77,22080
7Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,270 – $81,900100
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,520 – $89,030200
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$57,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,810 – $72,310160
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$55,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,700 – $81,500160
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,590
Associate's degree
$41,680 – $67,61060
12Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$52,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $103,090110
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,740
Some college, no degree
$39,360 – $77,040680
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $74,560620
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,770 – $79,360130
16Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $72,16070
17Bill and Account Collectors$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,720 – $76,07030
18Billing and Posting Clerks$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $65,060150
19Word Processors and Typists$48,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,970 – $67,87050
20Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $78,37040
21Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $63,520370
22Office Clerks, General$46,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $62,6601,250
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $59,990350
24Procurement Clerks$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $62,03040
25Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $63,22050
26Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,690 – $59,73060
27Customer Service Representatives$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $61,750500
28Library Assistants, Clerical$45,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $57,95060
29Tellers$44,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $48,370170
30Data Entry Keyers$44,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $62,50040
31Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $54,74050
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $46,790290
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,640 – $43,59090

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

#	Occupation	MedianMerced, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,650	$54,860 – $107,890	150
2	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$69,160	$54,330 – $76,360	40
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,070	$46,700 – $101,510	560
4	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,570	$44,860 – $85,950	120
5	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$42,390 – $81,040	200
6	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,650	$44,340 – $77,220	80
7	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,350	$42,270 – $81,900	100
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$45,520 – $89,030	200
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,450	$47,810 – $72,310	160
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,520	$36,700 – $81,500	160
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,590	$41,680 – $67,610	60
12	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,500	$35,960 – $103,090	110
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,740	$39,360 – $77,040	680
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,710	$37,850 – $74,560	620
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,550	$38,770 – $79,360	130
16	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,090	$34,320 – $72,160	70
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$41,720 – $76,070	30
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$38,560 – $65,060	150
19	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,490	$42,970 – $67,870	50
20	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$39,900 – $78,370	40
21	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$36,680 – $63,520	370
22	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,830	$35,380 – $62,660	1,250
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$37,750 – $59,990	350
24	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$36,910 – $62,030	40
25	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$34,990 – $63,220	50
26	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,210	$36,690 – $59,730	60
27	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$34,510 – $61,750	500
28	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,610	$34,320 – $57,950	60
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,950	$37,440 – $48,370	170
30	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,660	$37,960 – $62,500	40
31	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$35,740 – $54,740	50
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$34,850 – $46,790	290
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,950	$34,640 – $43,590	90

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