High paying office and admin jobs in El Centro, CA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in El Centro, CA that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. 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 El Centro, CA run 4.8% below the national average (2024), so a El Centro, CA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, El Centro, CA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$76,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,890 – $119,03070
2Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$67,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $87,880140
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$66,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $94,580480
4Postal Service Clerks$63,970
No formal educational credential
$56,390 – $75,03040
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$61,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,640 – $73,70050
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$58,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,790 – $90,92040
7Procurement Clerks$57,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $77,99040
8Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $83,180100
9Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$57,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $69,890180
10Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,930
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
11Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$54,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $147,41050
12Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $101,710150
13Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,730 – $70,190140
14Billing and Posting Clerks$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,440 – $63,060150
15Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$49,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $72,200540
16Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,960
Some college, no degree
$37,120 – $73,380530
17Customer Service Representatives$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $63,520360
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$46,010
Associate's degree
$37,240 – $64,63040
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $59,470290
20Tellers$45,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,870 – $48,200100
21Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $54,43080
22Cargo and Freight Agents$44,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $75,81080
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $59,890230
24Office Clerks, General$44,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,910 – $60,3301,100
25Library Assistants, Clerical$43,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,590 – $61,40040
26Data Entry Keyers$41,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $51,20040
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$41,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $54,220160
28Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$39,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $48,91030
29File Clerks$37,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $49,70040
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $45,490100

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

#	Occupation	MedianEl Centro, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,050	$47,890 – $119,030	70
2	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,000	$40,750 – $87,880	140
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,410	$43,920 – $94,580	480
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$63,970	$56,390 – $75,030	40
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,330	$46,640 – $73,700	50
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,560	$48,790 – $90,920	40
7	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,640	$37,440 – $77,990	40
8	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,610	$38,640 – $83,180	100
9	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,110	$46,220 – $69,890	180
10	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$55,930	$42,390 – $81,040	130
11	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,540	$36,160 – $147,410	50
12	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,990	$38,430 – $101,710	150
13	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$39,730 – $70,190	140
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$38,440 – $63,060	150
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,150	$37,230 – $72,200	540
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,960	$37,120 – $73,380	530
17	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$35,990 – $63,520	360
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$46,010	$37,240 – $64,630	40
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$37,440 – $59,470	290
20	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,550	$36,870 – $48,200	100
21	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$39,280 – $54,430	80
22	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,920	$37,900 – $75,810	80
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,560	$36,540 – $59,890	230
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,500	$35,910 – $60,330	1,100
25	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,470	$36,590 – $61,400	40
26	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,860	$34,770 – $51,200	40
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,440	$34,480 – $54,220	160
28	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,030	$34,930 – $48,910	30
29	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,170	$34,750 – $49,700	40
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,230	$34,320 – $45,490	100

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