150+ Admin & Office Support Jobs in San Diego, CA

The cleanest official local benchmark is the BLS broad Office and Administrative Support group: median $24.79/hour, 25th percentile $20.10, and 75th percentile $27.84. More current local proxies split the market: hourly postings center on about $20 to $24 / hour, a recent temp role was listed at $18-$25/hour, and a recent 1-year contract role was listed at $27-$32/hour. Higher-end local salary guides put an administrative assistant around $51,660/year and an executive assistant around $86,408/year, but those figures reflect title and employer mix rather than the whole category.

Full July 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 153 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $46,800 at the 25th percentile, $57,000 at the median and $72,804 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

Live from the Callings.ai index of over 13 million postings, refreshed hourly and re-checked here nightly. Roles that close are dropped at the next refresh.

Showing 30 of 177 openings.

Open all in AI Job Search

What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

San Diego still has real Administrative & Office Support demand, but it is not an easy market. Local unemployment was 4.4% in June 2026, metro nonfarm employment grew 1.0653% year over year, and professional and business services grew 1.3389%, which supports continued office hiring. This is also not a tiny niche locally: General Office Clerks alone accounted for 28,550 jobs in the metro in the latest BLS occupation release. The catch is that California administrative & office support employment was essentially flat year over year while active postings were down 2.4%, so openings exist but fresh demand is softer than a few visible job ads may suggest.

Best positioned: Candidates with proven on-site admin experience plus scheduling, documentation, budget or event support, and AI-assisted productivity skills have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume the market pays executive-assistant wages across the board: the official metro median for the broad office-support group was $24.79 an hour, while San Diego's living-wage estimate for one adult with no children was $32.88 an hour.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 177 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. H & R Block, Inc.: 10 open roles
2. Hallbartsamhallsbyggande: 7 open roles
3. Marriott International: 4 open roles
4. Spklr: 4 open roles
5. Hyatt Indian Wells: 3 open roles
6. Ororun: 3 open roles
7. Acuity Eye Group: 2 open roles
8. Andaz: 2 open roles
9. BMO: 2 open roles
10. Burjline Builders: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Diego: 125
• Chula Vista: 12
• El Cajon: 9
• Solana Beach: 7
• Encinitas: 7
• Rancho Santa Fe: 4
• Tijuana: 2
• Santee: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 153 (88%), hybrid 18 (10%), remote 2 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity in San Diego is not evenly spread across classic corporate assistant jobs. In the local posting sample, food & beverage accounts for about 45% of office-support demand, hospitality about 15%, healthcare about 15%, legal services about 10%, and restaurants about 5%. That helps explain why the most-requested skills look more frontline than back-office: customer service shows up in about 35% of postings, while computer literacy and order processing each appear in about 30%, and time management in about 20%. There is also a smaller but more attractive band of coordination-heavy work. A recent local field-operations support opening emphasized payroll processing, scheduling, permits, and documentation tracking. San Diego State University also posted an on-site Administrative Support Coordinator role for its new Chula Vista nursing program with calendar management, budget support, event coordination, and accreditation support, paying $4,367-$6,362 per month. That split matters. One side of the market rewards reliability, service speed, and on-site coverage. The other rewards discretion, cross-functional coordination, and stronger software fluency. If you can position yourself for the second group, your odds and pay both improve.

• Frontline service-linked office support (high): The biggest local volume sits in food & beverage, hospitality, and restaurant-linked office support, where customer service and fast workflow handling matter most.
• Program and coordinator support (moderate): Education, legal, and healthcare environments offer fewer but better-structured roles that value calendars, budgets, events, and compliance-style coordination.
• Executive support and premium contract admin (limited): Higher-paying roles exist, especially in executive support and longer contract assignments, but they are narrower and require stronger experience signals.

Where to focus: For the next 30-90 days, focus first on on-site coordinator and operations-support roles that clearly need scheduling, documentation, and stakeholder management, then use those interviews to move toward executive or program support.

Roles worth searching next

• HR assistant / people-ops coordinator: Local South County listings show 44 HR assistant jobs, and many blend admin, payroll, and coordination tasks even though they sit in a separate people-ops track.
• Program coordinator in higher education or nonprofit settings: The SDSU Chula Vista Administrative Support Coordinator role blends classic admin work with program operations, budget support, events, and accreditation.
• Field operations coordinator: Recent San Diego openings point to operations support work built around scheduling, permits, payroll processing, and documentation tracking.
• Property management assistant: National admin pay commentary flags property management assistants among admin-adjacent roles with stronger projected pay gains when paired with digital fluency and service skills.

What postings ask for

• Customer service and computer literacy (table_stakes | immediate): These are among the most-requested local skills, with customer service appearing in about 35% of postings and computer literacy in about 30%. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers.
• Calendar management and scheduling (differentiator | immediate): Recent local roles called for calendar management, scheduling, and coordination rather than just general clerical support. Who: Anyone aiming above receptionist-level work.
• Documentation tracking, permits, and payroll processing (differentiator | immediate): A recent San Diego field-operations support opening highlighted payroll processing, scheduling, permits, and documentation tracking, which is a strong local signal for operations-heavy admin work. Who: Mid-career admins and career switchers from operations-heavy settings.
• Budget support, event coordination, and accreditation support (differentiator | near-term): The SDSU Chula Vista role bundled budget support, event support, and accreditation support into one job, showing that multifaceted coordinator work is valued locally. Who: Candidates targeting universities, nonprofits, healthcare-adjacent offices, or program teams.
• Advanced Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SharePoint, and project tools (premium | near-term): Administrative professionals in 2026 are expected to be power users of cloud-based systems, advanced Microsoft 365, communication platforms, project management tools, and AI assistants. Who: Mid-career candidates and anyone aiming at coordinator or executive-support paths.
• AI fluency for prompting, meeting notes, and document automation (premium | immediate): By 2026, AI fluency had moved from a nice-to-have to a core skill for administrative professionals, and workers with applied AI and data skills can earn up to 25% more. Who: All candidates, especially those competing for better-paying coordinator or executive-support roles.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

The cleanest official local benchmark is the BLS broad Office and Administrative Support group: median $24.79/hour, 25th percentile $20.10, and 75th percentile $27.84. More current local proxies split the market: hourly postings center on about $20 to $24 / hour, a recent temp role was listed at $18-$25/hour, and a recent 1-year contract role was listed at $27-$32/hour. Higher-end local salary guides put an administrative assistant around $51,660/year and an executive assistant around $86,408/year, but those figures reflect title and employer mix rather than the whole category. This is workable pay, not easy pay, in San Diego. Even the BLS 75th-percentile wage of $27.84/hour sits below the local living-wage estimate of $32.88/hour for one adult with no children.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity in San Diego is not evenly spread across classic corporate assistant jobs. In the local posting sample, food & beverage accounts for about 45% of office-support demand, hospitality about 15%, healthcare about 15%, legal services about 10%, and restaurants about 5%. That helps explain why the most-requested skills look more frontline than back-office: customer service shows up in about 35% of postings, while computer literacy and order processing each appear in about 30%, and time management in about 20%. There is also a smaller but more attractive band of coordination-heavy work. A recent local field-operations support opening emphasized payroll processing, scheduling, permits, and documentation tracking. San Diego State University also posted an on-site Administrative Support Coordinator role for its new Chula Vista nursing program with calendar management, budget support, event coordination, and accreditation support, paying $4,367-$6,362 per month. That split matters. One side of the market rewards reliability, service speed, and on-site coverage. The other rewards discretion, cross-functional coordination, and stronger software fluency. If you can position yourself for the second group, your odds and pay both improve.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dominos (150 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, 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?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

Explore related openings

Administrative & Office Support jobs in other metros

• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Other roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

• Personal Care & Fitness
• Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics
• Engineering & Scientific
• Healthcare Practitioners
• Software, IT & Cybersecurity
• Legal, Compliance & Risk
• Finance & Accounting
• Protective Services & Public Safety

Browse all job openings | Browse all job market reports