High paying office and admin jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA run 7.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA salary is worth about 0.93× 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 Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$92,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,940 – $132,650490
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$81,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,270 – $101,400100
3Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$80,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,080 – $91,760240
4First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$76,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,910 – $105,5801,730
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$68,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,080 – $87,360300
6Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$63,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,430 – $76,420280
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$63,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,050 – $95,350460
8Information and Record Clerks, All Other$62,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,780 – $83,570150
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$61,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,840 – $83,090220
10Postal Service Clerks$61,570
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,360110
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$61,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,500 – $80,570230
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$61,140
Some college, no degree
$43,700 – $84,4802,040
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$60,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,810 – $78,150140
14Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$60,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $81,660160
15Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$60,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $80,5201,190
16Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040510
17Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$59,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,720 – $83,970180
18Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,280100
19Billing and Posting Clerks$58,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,720 – $73,760350
20Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$57,820
Associate's degree
$45,570 – $78,37090
21Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$57,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,770 – $79,8602,150
22Bill and Account Collectors$57,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,420 – $80,070110
23Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$54,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,160 – $91,690250
24Customer Service Representatives$51,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,990 – $77,9701,750
25Office Clerks, General$51,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $74,4203,350
26Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,210 – $71,540830
27Library Assistants, Clerical$48,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,230 – $61,830160
28Data Entry Keyers$48,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $60,590160
29Tellers$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,210 – $57,120350
30Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $55,71070
31Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$46,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $74,28090
32File Clerks$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $71,31070
33Order Clerks$45,760
Some college, no degree
$41,810 – $61,390220
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$45,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,140 – $69,7701,160
35Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$45,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,020 – $59,43080
36Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$39,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,550 – $50,480530

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Rosa-Petaluma, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,240	$60,940 – $132,650	490
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,990	$51,270 – $101,400	100
3	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,330	$66,080 – $91,760	240
4	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,320	$52,910 – $105,580	1,730
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,870	$51,080 – $87,360	300
6	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,720	$52,430 – $76,420	280
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,070	$43,050 – $95,350	460
8	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,080	$48,780 – $83,570	150
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,880	$50,840 – $83,090	220
10	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$42,600 – $76,360	110
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,410	$46,500 – $80,570	230
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$61,140	$43,700 – $84,480	2,040
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,680	$48,810 – $78,150	140
14	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,610	$47,960 – $81,660	160
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,240	$46,010 – $80,520	1,190
16	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,880	$42,390 – $81,040	510
17	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,270	$37,720 – $83,970	180
18	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$45,530 – $75,280	100
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,350	$43,720 – $73,760	350
20	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$57,820	$45,570 – $78,370	90
21	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,720	$41,770 – $79,860	2,150
22	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,120	$42,420 – $80,070	110
23	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,250	$43,160 – $91,690	250
24	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,810	$39,990 – $77,970	1,750
25	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,780	$38,060 – $74,420	3,350
26	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$39,210 – $71,540	830
27	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,890	$39,230 – $61,830	160
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,350	$39,110 – $60,590	160
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$43,210 – $57,120	350
30	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,760	$39,170 – $55,710	70
31	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,330	$38,070 – $74,280	90
32	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$34,480 – $71,310	70
33	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$45,760	$41,810 – $61,390	220
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,550	$38,140 – $69,770	1,160
35	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,240	$41,020 – $59,430	80
36	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,560	$37,550 – $50,480	530

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