High paying office and admin jobs in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 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 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA run 8.6% above the national average (2024), so a San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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 Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$90,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$68,960 – $101,83080
2Bill and Account Collectors$64,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,680 – $79,58080
3Postal Service Clerks$64,290
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36080
4Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$63,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,860 – $77,65060
5Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$61,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,600 – $79,39060
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$60,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,950 – $84,900150
7Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$59,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,050 – $89,44050
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,250 – $92,160200
9Loan Interviewers and Clerks$58,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,640 – $72,70090
10Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$58,570
Some college, no degree
$40,380 – $80,2401,070
11Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,820
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040260
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$57,130
Associate's degree
$41,710 – $77,54060
13Information and Record Clerks, All Other$56,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,750 – $72,74080
14Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$55,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $73,280120
15Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$54,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,030 – $71,680840
16Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $71,86090
17Procurement Clerks$53,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,220 – $72,59040
18Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $72,5601,170
19Billing and Posting Clerks$50,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,060 – $66,520260
20File Clerks$50,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $67,25050
21Tellers$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,770 – $57,810200
22Customer Service Representatives$46,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $68,000750
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $63,230440
24Office Clerks, General$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $64,7802,860
25Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $77,90050
26Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,460 – $63,36060
27Receptionists and Information Clerks$44,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $65,450690
28Data Entry Keyers$44,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $55,16060
29Order Clerks$42,770
Some college, no degree
$38,320 – $57,42050
30Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,680 – $45,980730

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$90,930	$68,960 – $101,830	80
2	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,970	$48,680 – $79,580	80
3	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$64,290	$42,600 – $76,360	80
4	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,160	$49,860 – $77,650	60
5	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,510	$60,600 – $79,390	60
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,040	$47,950 – $84,900	150
7	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,970	$48,050 – $89,440	50
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,620	$44,250 – $92,160	200
9	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,700	$42,640 – $72,700	90
10	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$58,570	$40,380 – $80,240	1,070
11	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,820	$42,390 – $81,040	260
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$57,130	$41,710 – $77,540	60
13	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,280	$38,750 – $72,740	80
14	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,670	$40,020 – $73,280	120
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,740	$43,030 – $71,680	840
16	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,210	$35,990 – $71,860	90
17	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,100	$41,220 – $72,590	40
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,010	$37,130 – $72,560	1,170
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,330	$40,060 – $66,520	260
20	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,260	$34,320 – $67,250	50
21	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$39,770 – $57,810	200
22	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,740	$37,490 – $68,000	750
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,610	$37,760 – $63,230	440
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$34,510 – $64,780	2,860
25	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,990	$37,330 – $77,900	50
26	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$42,460 – $63,360	60
27	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,890	$36,260 – $65,450	690
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,380	$34,510 – $55,160	60
29	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$42,770	$38,320 – $57,420	50
30	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,460	$35,680 – $45,980	730

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 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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