High paying office and admin jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA run 10.4% above the national average (2024), so a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA salary is worth about 0.91× 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, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$113,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,400 – $159,540400
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$106,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$74,840 – $157,5805,300
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$97,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$68,150 – $100,8101,240
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$95,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,320 – $139,6507,630
5Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$87,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,770 – $126,880660
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$83,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,450 – $99,490550
7Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$79,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,730 – $79,260440
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$77,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,370 – $119,9101,000
9Bill and Account Collectors$77,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,760 – $98,540660
10Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$76,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,830 – $101,7103,360
11Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$70,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,780 – $95,0601,110
12Billing and Posting Clerks$70,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,720 – $95,2802,350
13Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$69,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,960 – $81,8606,340
14Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$67,590
Associate's degree
$48,630 – $89,740560
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$66,130
Some college, no degree
$48,310 – $96,5007,590
16Information and Record Clerks, All Other$64,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $93,6201,060
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$62,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $89,2907,970
18Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$62,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,860 – $79,210800
19Library Assistants, Clerical$62,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,940 – $78,790840
20Loan Interviewers and Clerks$62,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,240 – $82,720820
21Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$48,940 – $81,0401,520
22Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$61,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $96,7601,360
23File Clerks$60,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $92,110540
24Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$60,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,000 – $98,600720
25Customer Service Representatives$60,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,700 – $88,9108,860
26Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$60,200
No formal educational credential
$48,160 – $75,280420
27Office Clerks, General$58,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,690 – $83,58013,470
28Order Clerks$58,170
Some college, no degree
$43,710 – $81,150620
29Couriers and Messengers$55,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,020 – $69,100390
30Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$54,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,690 – $75,2504,210
31Data Entry Keyers$54,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $70,520720
32Tellers$50,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,870 – $62,0701,030
33Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,460 – $80,740390
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$47,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,060 – $68,6403,990
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$45,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,340 – $57,2501,360

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$113,800	$65,400 – $159,540	400
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$106,220	$74,840 – $157,580	5,300
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,900	$68,150 – $100,810	1,240
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,010	$60,320 – $139,650	7,630
5	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,270	$52,770 – $126,880	660
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,490	$58,450 – $99,490	550
7	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,260	$47,730 – $79,260	440
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,950	$58,370 – $119,910	1,000
9	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,360	$56,760 – $98,540	660
10	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,500	$50,830 – $101,710	3,360
11	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,840	$50,780 – $95,060	1,110
12	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,280	$45,720 – $95,280	2,350
13	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,350	$45,960 – $81,860	6,340
14	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$67,590	$48,630 – $89,740	560
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$66,130	$48,310 – $96,500	7,590
16	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,940	$45,670 – $93,620	1,060
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,940	$46,040 – $89,290	7,970
18	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,900	$50,860 – $79,210	800
19	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,780	$40,940 – $78,790	840
20	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,530	$48,240 – $82,720	820
21	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$48,940 – $81,040	1,520
22	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,790	$43,680 – $96,760	1,360
23	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,840	$39,520 – $92,110	540
24	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,780	$47,000 – $98,600	720
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,480	$43,700 – $88,910	8,860
26	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$60,200	$48,160 – $75,280	420
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,840	$41,690 – $83,580	13,470
28	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$58,170	$43,710 – $81,150	620
29	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,680	$42,020 – $69,100	390
30	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,640	$42,690 – $75,250	4,210
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,510	$43,680 – $70,520	720
32	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,090	$45,870 – $62,070	1,030
33	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$47,460 – $80,740	390
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,130	$40,060 – $68,640	3,990
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,230	$40,340 – $57,250	1,360

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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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