High paying office and admin jobs in Merced, CA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Merced, CA that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Merced, CA run 1.7% below the national average (2024), so a Merced, CA salary is worth about 1.02× 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

Find office jobs in Merced, CA

OccupationMedian, Merced, CA · Employed

1Postal Service Clerks$69,160
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $76,36040
2Public Safety Telecommunicators$64,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,860 – $85,950120
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,250
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040200
4Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$61,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,340 – $77,22080
5Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,270 – $81,900100
6Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,520 – $89,030200
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$57,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,810 – $72,310160
8Information and Record Clerks, All Other$55,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,700 – $81,500160
9Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$52,590
Associate's degree
$41,680 – $67,61060
10Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$52,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $103,090110
11Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,740
Some college, no degree
$39,360 – $77,040680
12Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $74,560620
13Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,770 – $79,360130
14Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $72,16070
15Bill and Account Collectors$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,720 – $76,07030
16Billing and Posting Clerks$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $65,060150
17Word Processors and Typists$48,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,970 – $67,87050
18Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $78,37040
19Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $63,520370
20Office Clerks, General$46,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $62,6601,250
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $59,990350
22Procurement Clerks$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $62,03040
23Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $63,22050
24Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,690 – $59,73060
25Customer Service Representatives$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $61,750500
26Library Assistants, Clerical$45,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $57,95060
27Tellers$44,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $48,370170
28Data Entry Keyers$44,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $62,50040
29Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $54,74050
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $46,790290
31Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,640 – $43,59090

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

#	Occupation	MedianMerced, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$69,160	$54,330 – $76,360	40
2	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,570	$44,860 – $85,950	120
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$64,250	$42,390 – $81,040	200
4	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,650	$44,340 – $77,220	80
5	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,350	$42,270 – $81,900	100
6	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$45,520 – $89,030	200
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,450	$47,810 – $72,310	160
8	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,520	$36,700 – $81,500	160
9	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$52,590	$41,680 – $67,610	60
10	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,500	$35,960 – $103,090	110
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,740	$39,360 – $77,040	680
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,710	$37,850 – $74,560	620
13	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,550	$38,770 – $79,360	130
14	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,090	$34,320 – $72,160	70
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$41,720 – $76,070	30
16	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$38,560 – $65,060	150
17	Word Processors and TypistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,490	$42,970 – $67,870	50
18	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$39,900 – $78,370	40
19	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$36,680 – $63,520	370
20	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,830	$35,380 – $62,660	1,250
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,660	$37,750 – $59,990	350
22	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$36,910 – $62,030	40
23	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$34,990 – $63,220	50
24	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,210	$36,690 – $59,730	60
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$34,510 – $61,750	500
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,610	$34,320 – $57,950	60
27	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,950	$37,440 – $48,370	170
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,660	$37,960 – $62,500	40
29	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$35,740 – $54,740	50
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$34,850 – $46,790	290
31	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,950	$34,640 – $43,590	90

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

More for Merced, CA

By field in Merced, CA

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Merced, CA to rank honestly.

High paying office and admin jobs in Merced, CA with no experience

More for Merced, CA

Other metro areas in CA

By field in Merced, CA

Without a degree

High paying office and admin jobs in each state with no experience