High paying office and admin jobs in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA with no experience

The best paid office and admin occupations in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$84,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,290 – $98,90090
2Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$74,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,250 – $93,660160
3Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$67,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,600 – $95,930420
4Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$66,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,770 – $75,250410
5Information and Record Clerks, All Other$65,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,710 – $79,830210
6Postal Service Clerks$65,600
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $76,36070
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$62,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,880 – $80,61090
8Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$61,710
No formal educational credential
$48,880 – $75,280170
9Bill and Account Collectors$61,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,630 – $75,520110
10Loan Interviewers and Clerks$61,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,570 – $74,300110
11Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,450 – $81,640100
12Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,130
No formal educational credential
$43,120 – $81,040340
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$60,170
Some college, no degree
$42,780 – $80,4601,900
14Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $84,340240
15Office Clerks, General$55,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,320 – $79,5103,630
16Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$54,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,140 – $66,690350
17Library Assistants, Clerical$54,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $64,950100
18Procurement Clerks$53,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,910 – $73,34070
19Billing and Posting Clerks$51,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,920 – $77,910390
20Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,540 – $76,8901,930
21Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,790
Associate's degree
$34,320 – $70,270110
22Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,160 – $78,030230
23Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$49,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,410 – $64,8801,040
24Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$49,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $82,710320
25Customer Service Representatives$49,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $71,0901,350
26Order Clerks$48,430
Some college, no degree
$39,010 – $65,150100
27File Clerks$48,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $70,31070
28Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$48,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,510 – $67,200690
29Tellers$48,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,930 – $58,570330
30Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $70,100100
31Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$44,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,500 – $60,22080
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$44,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,260 – $54,6701,020
33Couriers and Messengers$39,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $49,620120
34Data Entry Keyers$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,560 – $53,840130
35Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$37,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $47,860700

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,410	$48,290 – $98,900	90
2	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,360	$46,250 – $93,660	160
3	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,480	$43,600 – $95,930	420
4	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,220	$54,770 – $75,250	410
5	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,610	$48,710 – $79,830	210
6	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,600	$42,600 – $76,360	70
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,380	$47,880 – $80,610	90
8	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$61,710	$48,880 – $75,280	170
9	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,640	$44,630 – $75,520	110
10	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,630	$40,570 – $74,300	110
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$47,450 – $81,640	100
12	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$61,130	$43,120 – $81,040	340
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$60,170	$42,780 – $80,460	1,900
14	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,970	$37,360 – $84,340	240
15	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,620	$38,320 – $79,510	3,630
16	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,950	$48,140 – $66,690	350
17	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,590	$34,840 – $64,950	100
18	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,800	$41,910 – $73,340	70
19	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,930	$44,920 – $77,910	390
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,800	$37,540 – $76,890	1,930
21	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$51,790	$34,320 – $70,270	110
22	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,130	$39,160 – $78,030	230
23	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,730	$41,410 – $64,880	1,040
24	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,270	$34,510 – $82,710	320
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,080	$38,000 – $71,090	1,350
26	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$48,430	$39,010 – $65,150	100
27	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,400	$35,990 – $70,310	70
28	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,100	$37,510 – $67,200	690
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,060	$37,930 – $58,570	330
30	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,120	$37,780 – $70,100	100
31	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,680	$35,500 – $60,220	80
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,270	$36,260 – $54,670	1,020
33	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,630	$39,630 – $49,620	120
34	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$36,560 – $53,840	130
35	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,860	$35,860 – $47,860	700

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