Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
SOC 43-9199 · 2024-2034
All office and administrative support workers not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -5.3%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $55,298per year
- Projected openings
- 25,140
- Projected change
- -5.3%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $68,974 | 1,690 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $64,020 | 90 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $61,656 | 1,690 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $59,658 | 3,280 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $59,243 | 100 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $57,860 | 1,990 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $57,509 | 3,120 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $56,338 | 190 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $55,245 | 60 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $54,611 | 410 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $53,692 | 140 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $53,692 | 330 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $53,523 | 7,730 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $53,181 | 390 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $52,323 | 250 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $49,034 | 500 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $48,554 | 2,260 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $48,319 | 50 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $48,155 | 60 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $47,920 | 2,310 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $47,205 | 70 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $45,428 | 210 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $45,377 | 120 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $45,162 | 160 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $44,958 | 200 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $43,538 | 450 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $43,405 | 640 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $43,364 | 160 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $39,983 | 180 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $39,728 | 300 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $39,053 | 340 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $37,875
- A quarter earn under
- $44,918
- Half earn under
- $55,298
- Three quarters earn under
- $71,226
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $87,277
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | $49,607 | 356,700 | -4.5% |
| Customer Service Representatives | $50,733 | 219,040 | -5.6% |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | $56,711 | 182,240 | +1.4% |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | $60,632 | 178,570 | -4.1% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | $79,426 | 146,890 | +1.9% |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | $55,779 | 128,130 | +12.6% |
Programs that train for this job — 3
Office Professional
Martinez Adult Education · Martinez · $925
Business Literacy Certificate of Career Preparation
Palo Verde College · Blythe · $1,724
Associate of Science in Business Administration
Agape College of Business and Science · Fresno · $19,829