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

The best paid office and admin occupations in Modesto, 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 Modesto, CA run 4.1% above the national average (2024), so a Modesto, CA salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Modesto, CA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$77,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,110 – $101,490520
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$74,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,870 – $104,5801,490
3Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$65,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,690 – $79,32090
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,390 – $94,070540
5Postal Service Clerks$62,910
No formal educational credential
$48,460 – $77,36070
6Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,820 – $89,34090
7Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$62,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,780 – $76,500220
8Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,090
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040400
9Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,710 – $84,700260
10Bill and Account Collectors$57,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $62,960110
11Information and Record Clerks, All Other$57,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,820 – $69,560180
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$55,780
Associate's degree
$45,140 – $63,940190
13Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$55,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,530 – $70,1701,830
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$55,040
Some college, no degree
$39,990 – $75,4601,730
15File Clerks$52,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $63,570100
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,890 – $78,980330
17Billing and Posting Clerks$51,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,330 – $63,240350
18Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,410 – $75,870170
19Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,360 – $73,0401,600
20Word Processors and Typists$48,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,470 – $58,310130
21Procurement Clerks$48,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,130 – $62,70070
22Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $63,2401,120
23Customer Service Representatives$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $66,8001,290
24Couriers and Messengers$47,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $72,470110
25Office Clerks, General$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,220 – $65,0003,280
26Library Assistants, Clerical$46,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,310 – $61,100180
27Tellers$46,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,380 – $58,400320
28Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $72,080170
29Order Clerks$45,820
Some college, no degree
$39,520 – $61,010110
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$44,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $72,390890
31Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $78,80070
32Data Entry Keyers$43,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,190 – $58,810130
33Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$40,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $84,980220
34Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,580 – $45,980160

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

#	Occupation	MedianModesto, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,900	$49,110 – $101,490	520
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,140	$48,870 – $104,580	1,490
3	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,640	$55,690 – $79,320	90
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,950	$45,390 – $94,070	540
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$62,910	$48,460 – $77,360	70
6	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,460	$47,820 – $89,340	90
7	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,100	$44,780 – $76,500	220
8	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$62,090	$42,390 – $81,040	400
9	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,980	$43,710 – $84,700	260
10	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,700	$43,920 – $62,960	110
11	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,060	$45,820 – $69,560	180
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$55,780	$45,140 – $63,940	190
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,140	$39,530 – $70,170	1,830
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$55,040	$39,990 – $75,460	1,730
15	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,830	$35,700 – $63,570	100
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,990	$38,890 – $78,980	330
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,000	$39,330 – $63,240	350
18	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,930	$41,410 – $75,870	170
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,250	$42,360 – $73,040	1,600
20	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,710	$43,470 – $58,310	130
21	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,590	$42,130 – $62,700	70
22	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,430	$38,100 – $63,240	1,120
23	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$37,220 – $66,800	1,290
24	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,020	$35,660 – $72,470	110
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$36,220 – $65,000	3,280
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,400	$35,310 – $61,100	180
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,190	$38,380 – $58,400	320
28	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$37,330 – $72,080	170
29	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,820	$39,520 – $61,010	110
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,610	$36,050 – $72,390	890
31	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$37,270 – $78,800	70
32	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,940	$36,190 – $58,810	130
33	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,530	$34,320 – $84,980	220
34	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,620	$35,580 – $45,980	160

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