High paying office and admin jobs in Salinas, CA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Salinas, 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 Salinas, CA run 9.0% above the national average (2024), so a Salinas, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Salinas, CA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$79,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,870 – $115,430360
2Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$76,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,440 – $89,920320
3Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$75,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,920 – $102,86080
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$74,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,710 – $104,2001,230
5Loan Interviewers and Clerks$65,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,400 – $84,40060
6Procurement Clerks$64,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,770 – $74,94060
7Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040280
8Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$63,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,040 – $73,480100
9Postal Service Clerks$63,650
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36080
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$61,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,850 – $81,180280
11Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $85,680280
12Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$59,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,150 – $79,870270
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$59,180
Some college, no degree
$40,900 – $84,6001,270
14File Clerks$59,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $77,76080
15Word Processors and Typists$57,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,230 – $65,52080
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$57,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $76,7201,500
17Billing and Posting Clerks$54,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,640 – $73,160310
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$53,000
Associate's degree
$34,530 – $70,110130
19Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,300 – $77,530250
20Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$51,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,730 – $72,270140
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,850 – $63,620950
22Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$48,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,130 – $60,62090
23Office Clerks, General$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $68,9402,790
24Customer Service Representatives$48,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,770 – $71,330880
25Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$47,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,010 – $86,930190
26Tellers$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $57,540220
27Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $64,460630
28Data Entry Keyers$45,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $57,690100
29Library Assistants, Clerical$43,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,720 – $74,370140
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,590 – $55,190620
31Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$40,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $68,650140
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $60,390850

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalinas, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,390	$53,870 – $115,430	360
2	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,090	$62,440 – $89,920	320
3	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,150	$48,920 – $102,860	80
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,010	$48,710 – $104,200	1,230
5	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,160	$43,400 – $84,400	60
6	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,520	$44,770 – $74,940	60
7	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$43,120 – $81,040	280
8	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,830	$53,040 – $73,480	100
9	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$42,600 – $76,360	80
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,230	$46,850 – $81,180	280
11	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,810	$43,920 – $85,680	280
12	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,530	$39,150 – $79,870	270
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$59,180	$40,900 – $84,600	1,270
14	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,040	$36,330 – $77,760	80
15	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,590	$48,230 – $65,520	80
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,340	$39,520 – $76,720	1,500
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,320	$39,640 – $73,160	310
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$53,000	$34,530 – $70,110	130
19	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,740	$41,300 – $77,530	250
20	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,510	$40,730 – $72,270	140
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,630	$43,850 – $63,620	950
22	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,840	$38,130 – $60,620	90
23	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$36,140 – $68,940	2,790
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,010	$36,770 – $71,330	880
25	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,420	$35,010 – $86,930	190
26	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$38,070 – $57,540	220
27	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$37,390 – $64,460	630
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,510	$35,360 – $57,690	100
29	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,390	$37,720 – $74,370	140
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,300	$36,590 – $55,190	620
31	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,630	$37,090 – $68,650	140
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$36,410 – $60,390	850

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