High paying office and admin jobs in Santa Fe, NM with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Santa Fe, NM 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 Santa Fe, NM run 1.2% below the national average (2024), so a Santa Fe, NM salary is worth about 1.01× 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 Fe, NM · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$81,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,140 – $95,680600
2Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$67,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,840 – $83,540190
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,240 – $97,360610
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,550
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040130
5Postal Service Clerks$59,490
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $74,03040
6Procurement Clerks$52,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $65,64030
7Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,890
Some college, no degree
$36,460 – $76,220560
8Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,040 – $64,79030
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $79,62070
10Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$50,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $75,9402,410
11Billing and Posting Clerks$48,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $61,770110
12Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,970 – $52,210100
13Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $60,020320
14Information and Record Clerks, All Other$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,560 – $58,91060
15Tellers$46,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $49,290230
16Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,280 – $54,95040
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$42,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,140 – $54,90040
18Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$42,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,670 – $57,920210
19Customer Service Representatives$41,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $59,950830
20Receptionists and Information Clerks$37,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,920 – $46,080400
21Office Clerks, General$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,750 – $51,900890
22Gambling Cage Workers$36,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,410 – $46,26050
23Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$33,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,250 – $36,110370

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Fe, NM	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,410	$54,140 – $95,680	600
2	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,600	$42,840 – $83,540	190
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,760	$44,240 – $97,360	610
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$60,550	$43,120 – $81,040	130
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$42,600 – $74,030	40
6	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,170	$41,600 – $65,640	30
7	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$50,890	$36,460 – $76,220	560
8	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,880	$43,040 – $64,790	30
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,660	$34,750 – $79,620	70
10	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,170	$36,820 – $75,940	2,410
11	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,620	$36,530 – $61,770	110
12	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$43,970 – $52,210	100
13	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$37,890 – $60,020	320
14	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$36,560 – $58,910	60
15	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,560	$36,710 – $49,290	230
16	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$32,280 – $54,950	40
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,900	$32,140 – $54,900	40
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,230	$31,670 – $57,920	210
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,000	$31,200 – $59,950	830
20	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,040	$28,920 – $46,080	400
21	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$27,750 – $51,900	890
22	Gambling Cage WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,040	$29,410 – $46,260	50
23	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,440	$29,250 – $36,110	370

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Fe, NM. 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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