High paying office and admin jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA run 15.6% above the national average (2024), so a San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA salary is worth about 0.86× 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$105,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,990 – $151,75011,250
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$104,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,070 – $136,8601,110
3Brokerage Clerks$89,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,930 – $132,7401,360
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$88,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,980 – $131,81019,480
5Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$82,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,120 – $106,4002,850
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$80,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,100 – $106,3502,260
7Word Processors and Typists$79,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,030 – $85,220840
8Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$79,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,270 – $123,8502,740
9Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$77,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,750 – $101,8701,820
10Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$76,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,920 – $99,7907,220
11Information and Record Clerks, All Other$74,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,000 – $89,9701,920
12Bill and Account Collectors$72,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,580 – $104,7401,450
13Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$66,550
Associate's degree
$50,180 – $89,8601,300
14Billing and Posting Clerks$66,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,490 – $85,2304,690
15Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$65,530
Some college, no degree
$47,010 – $94,86018,100
16Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$64,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,450 – $89,0102,390
17Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$48,940 – $81,0404,730
18Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$63,650
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $76,3601,510
19Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$63,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,790 – $95,6302,540
20Library Assistants, Clerical$63,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $81,6501,720
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$62,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,550 – $90,22020,270
22Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,380 – $95,2902,910
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$61,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,130 – $84,10013,660
24Loan Interviewers and Clerks$61,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,960 – $80,9401,690
25Cargo and Freight Agents$60,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,230 – $98,8701,960
26Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$58,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,430 – $93,5303,010
27Customer Service Representatives$57,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,390 – $84,78019,930
28File Clerks$54,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,920 – $79,660890
29Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$52,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,560 – $76,7507,790
30Office Clerks, General$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,880 – $79,74037,590
31Order Clerks$51,450
Some college, no degree
$42,940 – $72,1601,250
32Data Entry Keyers$51,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,910 – $67,8601,410
33Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,350 – $77,4602,580
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$49,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,610 – $76,0708,510
35Tellers$49,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,830 – $59,3002,810
36Couriers and Messengers$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,020 – $57,520940
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $69,1803,390

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$105,190	$69,990 – $151,750	11,250
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,910	$60,070 – $136,860	1,110
3	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,370	$62,930 – $132,740	1,360
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,560	$59,980 – $131,810	19,480
5	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,960	$61,120 – $106,400	2,850
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,510	$54,100 – $106,350	2,260
7	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,430	$42,030 – $85,220	840
8	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,410	$55,270 – $123,850	2,740
9	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,750	$60,750 – $101,870	1,820
10	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,900	$49,920 – $99,790	7,220
11	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,940	$52,000 – $89,970	1,920
12	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,430	$44,580 – $104,740	1,450
13	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$66,550	$50,180 – $89,860	1,300
14	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,390	$47,490 – $85,230	4,690
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$65,530	$47,010 – $94,860	18,100
16	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,260	$53,450 – $89,010	2,390
17	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$48,940 – $81,040	4,730
18	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$63,650	$48,880 – $76,360	1,510
19	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,020	$43,790 – $95,630	2,540
20	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,000	$39,790 – $81,650	1,720
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,110	$45,550 – $90,220	20,270
22	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$44,380 – $95,290	2,910
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,330	$48,130 – $84,100	13,660
24	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,060	$40,960 – $80,940	1,690
25	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,980	$46,230 – $98,870	1,960
26	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,610	$45,430 – $93,530	3,010
27	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,830	$42,390 – $84,780	19,930
28	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,910	$40,920 – $79,660	890
29	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,590	$40,560 – $76,750	7,790
30	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$39,880 – $79,740	37,590
31	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,450	$42,940 – $72,160	1,250
32	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,250	$37,910 – $67,860	1,410
33	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$45,350 – $77,460	2,580
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,450	$37,610 – $76,070	8,510
35	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,370	$44,830 – $59,300	2,810
36	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$41,020 – $57,520	940
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$39,520 – $69,180	3,390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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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