High paying office and admin jobs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA run 10.5% above the national average (2024), so a Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA salary is worth about 0.90× 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, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$83,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,000 – $105,800150
2Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$71,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,880 – $79,720590
3Postal Service Mail Carriers$66,440
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040670
4Postal Service Clerks$65,710
No formal educational credential
$54,330 – $76,360110
5Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$63,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,100 – $78,730150
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $82,620320
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,230 – $89,140980
8Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$59,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,490 – $75,380250
9Billing and Posting Clerks$58,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,610 – $83,810790
10Information and Record Clerks, All Other$58,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,090 – $76,410350
11Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$58,140
Associate's degree
$42,100 – $84,170190
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$57,670
Some college, no degree
$40,720 – $78,0303,250
13Financial Clerks, All Other$56,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,490 – $71,940100
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$54,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $76,5202,980
15Bill and Account Collectors$52,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $77,030210
16Procurement Clerks$52,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $70,130150
17Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,680 – $84,040500
18Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $69,2402,460
19Customer Service Representatives$49,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $72,1602,860
20Office Clerks, General$48,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,530 – $71,6205,750
21Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$48,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $76,820400
22Tellers$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $59,350440
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,450 – $62,2001,690
24File Clerks$46,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $60,970280
25Loan Interviewers and Clerks$46,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $74,830510
26Library Assistants, Clerical$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $60,560150
27Order Clerks$46,290
Some college, no degree
$39,510 – $60,090210
28Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $63,350140
29Data Entry Keyers$45,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $57,350240
30Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,270 – $54,7401,510
31Couriers and Messengers$40,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $51,760170
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,910 – $47,720380

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

#	Occupation	MedianOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,840	$64,000 – $105,800	150
2	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,670	$42,880 – $79,720	590
3	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$66,440	$43,120 – $81,040	670
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,710	$54,330 – $76,360	110
5	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,240	$48,100 – $78,730	150
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,310	$45,760 – $82,620	320
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,330	$44,230 – $89,140	980
8	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,580	$44,490 – $75,380	250
9	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,250	$43,610 – $83,810	790
10	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,240	$48,090 – $76,410	350
11	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$58,140	$42,100 – $84,170	190
12	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$57,670	$40,720 – $78,030	3,250
13	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,570	$45,490 – $71,940	100
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,170	$38,660 – $76,520	2,980
15	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,940	$37,460 – $77,030	210
16	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,850	$38,880 – $70,130	150
17	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,490	$38,680 – $84,040	500
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,800	$39,520 – $69,240	2,460
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,190	$37,950 – $72,160	2,860
20	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,370	$35,530 – $71,620	5,750
21	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,070	$34,320 – $76,820	400
22	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$37,430 – $59,350	440
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$37,450 – $62,200	1,690
24	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,680	$36,410 – $60,970	280
25	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,520	$36,050 – $74,830	510
26	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$34,650 – $60,560	150
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$46,290	$39,510 – $60,090	210
28	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,710	$36,900 – $63,350	140
29	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,230	$36,900 – $57,350	240
30	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,610	$35,270 – $54,740	1,510
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,910	$38,600 – $51,760	170
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,080	$35,910 – $47,720	380

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, 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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