High paying office and admin jobs in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, 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 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA run 9.9% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Cruz-Watsonville, 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, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$85,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,290 – $114,74090
2Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$84,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,650 – $126,000260
3Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$77,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,340 – $79,92050
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$77,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,480 – $112,850860
5Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$72,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,270 – $96,570150
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$68,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $88,480120
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$67,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,980 – $101,550240
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$66,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,270 – $87,61030
9Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$63,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,420 – $83,790100
10Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,070
No formal educational credential
$48,940 – $81,040230
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$61,960
Some college, no degree
$43,410 – $98,8201,120
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$61,600
Associate's degree
$34,840 – $78,68060
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$61,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,770 – $75,28060
14Postal Service Clerks$60,740
No formal educational credential
$55,350 – $75,03050
15Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$60,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,260 – $74,430160
16File Clerks$60,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $74,17060
17Bill and Account Collectors$60,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,250 – $79,03050
18Information and Record Clerks, All Other$58,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,660 – $78,75090
19Billing and Posting Clerks$58,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,720 – $83,120210
20Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$57,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,970 – $83,16060
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$57,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $79,490960
22Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$57,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $77,960120
23Procurement Clerks$55,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $75,30040
24Library Assistants, Clerical$51,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $63,62070
25Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,400 – $70,120720
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,880 – $68,550410
27Customer Service Representatives$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $76,510820
28Tellers$46,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,330 – $57,200180
29Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,330 – $62,19040
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$44,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $62,360510
31Data Entry Keyers$44,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $67,54050
32Order Clerks$44,420
Some college, no degree
$40,240 – $59,69060
33Office Clerks, General$41,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $66,5603,360
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$38,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $46,850260

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Cruz-Watsonville, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,950	$62,290 – $114,740	90
2	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,090	$57,650 – $126,000	260
3	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,780	$49,340 – $79,920	50
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,410	$50,480 – $112,850	860
5	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,830	$41,270 – $96,570	150
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,380	$39,110 – $88,480	120
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,530	$45,980 – $101,550	240
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,940	$49,270 – $87,610	30
9	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,690	$45,420 – $83,790	100
10	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,070	$48,940 – $81,040	230
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$61,960	$43,410 – $98,820	1,120
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$61,600	$34,840 – $78,680	60
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,350	$46,770 – $75,280	60
14	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$60,740	$55,350 – $75,030	50
15	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,570	$50,260 – $74,430	160
16	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,530	$37,220 – $74,170	60
17	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,390	$49,250 – $79,030	50
18	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,740	$43,660 – $78,750	90
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,400	$43,720 – $83,120	210
20	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,840	$46,970 – $83,160	60
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,510	$38,610 – $79,490	960
22	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,100	$46,010 – $77,960	120
23	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,920	$40,100 – $75,300	40
24	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,410	$35,940 – $63,620	70
25	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,230	$44,400 – $70,120	720
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$37,880 – $68,550	410
27	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$38,210 – $76,510	820
28	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,370	$44,330 – $57,200	180
29	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,950	$38,330 – $62,190	40
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,980	$36,410 – $62,360	510
31	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,980	$34,950 – $67,540	50
32	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$44,420	$40,240 – $59,690	60
33	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,040	$36,500 – $66,560	3,360
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,200	$36,840 – $46,850	260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, 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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