650+ Admin & Office Support Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Observed local benchmarks are mixed: the BLS put office and administrative support in the metro at a mean $27.95/hour in May 2025, while O*NET listed $37,940 for local secretaries and administrative assistants. More current directional signals show hourly postings centered on about $20 to $24 / hour, salary postings centered on about $69k to $82k, and California new-opening offers averaging about $61,007 statewide in July 2026.

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Advertised pay

Across the 602 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $47,840 at the 25th percentile, $65,983 at the median and $80,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a large but competitive market: office and administrative support accounts for 11.2% of metro employment, and we observed more than 2,600 postings across more than 900 companies over the last 90 days. The catch is that the market tilts toward on-site, entry-level work, with about 90% of postings on-site and about 80% at entry level. Statewide occupation signals also show less urgency than a year ago, with California administrative and office-support employment essentially flat and active postings down 2.4% year over year in July 2026.

Best positioned: Candidates with solid customer service and computer literacy, who can work on-site and show either public-meeting support or project/procurement coordination, have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is reading the category's higher salary postings as typical entry-level pay; many visible hourly roles still cluster around about $20 to $24 / hour, and only about 5% of postings are remote.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 688 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. H & R Block, Inc.: 40 open roles
2. Hallbartsamhallsbyggande: 25 open roles
3. Confidential: 11 open roles
4. UCI group: 11 open roles
5. RadNet, Inc.: 10 open roles
6. UCLA Health: 10 open roles
7. Spklr: 8 open roles
8. University of Southern California: 7 open roles
9. Amazon.com Inc.: 4 open roles
10. Calpers: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 235
• Irvine: 55
• Newport Beach: 19
• Long Beach: 16
• El Segundo: 16
• Pasadena: 16
• Santa Monica: 15
• Orange: 15

Work arrangement

on-site 587 (87%), hybrid 82 (12%), remote 4 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in customer-facing, on-site office support rather than in classic corporate assistant jobs alone. In the recent local sample, we saw more than 2,600 postings across more than 900 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The most active industries in that sample were food & beverage at about 55%, healthcare at about 15%, retail at about 10%, hospitality at about 5%, and restaurants at about 5%, while the most-requested skills included customer service, cash handling, computer literacy, and order processing. There are also smaller but more defensible submarkets. Most sampled roles are on-site and entry level, and about 40% come from large employers, which favors candidates who can handle structured processes and commuting. At the same time, recent local examples point to two narrower lanes with better differentiation: public-sector style governance support with board-office coordination, Brown Act compliance, meeting logistics, and minutes preparation, and project or construction support with procurement, budget tracking, document control, and stakeholder communication.

• Customer-facing on-site office support (high): This is the biggest visible pool: food & beverage accounts for about 55% of sampled postings, healthcare about 15%, and retail about 10%, with customer service, cash handling, computer literacy, and order processing appearing most often.
• Public-sector and governance support (moderate): A recent Los Angeles Administrative Assistant II opening emphasized board-office coordination, Brown Act compliance, meeting logistics, and minutes preparation, which rewards candidates with formal meeting and records discipline.
• Project and construction support (moderate): A recent Long Beach opening was a temporary contract role tied to maintenance, projects, and construction, with procurement, budget tracking, document control, and stakeholder communication responsibilities.
• High-end executive support (limited): Pay can be stronger here, but volume is thinner because less than 5% of sampled postings are senior and less than 5% are lead+, while executive-assistant compensation is meaningfully above lower-end front desk and receptionist benchmarks.

Where to focus: If you need traction quickly, focus on on-site customer-facing admin roles and project-support roles first, then layer in specialized applications for governance or executive support once your resume shows those workflows.

Roles worth searching next

• Project coordinator (construction or facilities): Local admin-adjacent roles already ask for procurement, budget tracking, document control, and stakeholder communication, which are core project-coordination building blocks.
• Patient access or medical office coordinator: Healthcare is one of the more active local demand pockets for office-support-style work, but this moves you into a more specialized healthcare admin track.
• Payroll or accounts payable clerk: If your strengths are accuracy, spreadsheets, reconciliations, and document handling, the move from general admin to finance support is a common specialization path.
• Recruiting coordinator or HR operations assistant: Calendar management, candidate communication, onboarding packets, and confidentiality all translate well from strong administrative work.

What postings ask for

• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): It is one of the most common local skill clusters and lines up with the service-heavy industry mix in this metro. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers from retail or hospitality.
• Computer literacy (table_stakes | immediate): Local postings repeatedly ask for computer literacy, and it is the baseline for moving beyond front-desk work into more trusted admin support. Who: Everyone in this category.
• Order processing, procurement, and document control (differentiator | immediate): Order processing appears often in local postings, and recent project-support roles added procurement, budget tracking, and document control responsibilities. Who: Candidates targeting project, facilities, construction, or operations-adjacent admin work.
• Meeting logistics, minutes preparation, and Brown Act compliance (premium | near-term): This bundle appears in a recent Los Angeles public-sector-style admin opening and can separate you from generic applicants. Who: Mid-career admins aiming for public agencies, utilities, boards, or executive offices.
• AI-assisted drafting and prompt writing (differentiator | near-term): Employers are prioritizing AI, data, and customer experience, and writing strong prompts for AI is now treated as an emerging admin skill. Who: Career switchers and mid-career candidates who need to show modern workflow fluency.
• Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) (differentiator | near-term): CAP is one of the named credentials for administrative professionals in 2026 and helps signal seriousness when your experience is broad but not elite. Who: General administrative assistants who want stronger screening power.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Observed local benchmarks are mixed: the BLS put office and administrative support in the metro at a mean $27.95/hour in May 2025, while O*NET listed $37,940 for local secretaries and administrative assistants. More current directional signals show hourly postings centered on about $20 to $24 / hour, salary postings centered on about $69k to $82k, and California new-opening offers averaging about $61,007 statewide in July 2026. This is not one pay market. Lower-end front desk, reception, and temp support roles sit close to the city's new $18.42/hour floor and the low-$20s, while executive assistant and specialized support roles can reach a projected Los Angeles midpoint of $70,250 with a $58,250 to $86,750 range.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in customer-facing, on-site office support rather than in classic corporate assistant jobs alone. In the recent local sample, we saw more than 2,600 postings across more than 900 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The most active industries in that sample were food & beverage at about 55%, healthcare at about 15%, retail at about 10%, hospitality at about 5%, and restaurants at about 5%, while the most-requested skills included customer service, cash handling, computer literacy, and order processing. There are also smaller but more defensible submarkets. Most sampled roles are on-site and entry level, and about 40% come from large employers, which favors candidates who can handle structured processes and commuting. At the same time, recent local examples point to two narrower lanes with better differentiation: public-sector style governance support with board-office coordination, Brown Act compliance, meeting logistics, and minutes preparation, and project or construction support with procurement, budget tracking, document control, and stakeholder communication.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dominos (900 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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