Administrative Jobs in San Francisco, CA

The cleanest local pay baseline is the BLS occupation-family data for 2025: mean pay was $68,550, median pay was $62,120, the 25th percentile was $49,560, the 75th percentile was $79,920, and the 90th percentile was $100,130 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. Current salary-posting signals are higher at the top end: disclosed annual ranges in recent online ads center on about $93k to $120k, while hourly-paid ads center on about $23 to $25 per hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 229 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $57,200 at the 25th percentile, $80,000 at the median and $120,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

San Francisco is still a real market for administrative and office support, but it is a selective one. The metro employed 226,320 workers in office and administrative support occupations in 2025, representing 9.5% of local employment, and the metro unemployment rate was 4.6% in August 2026. But hiring looks tighter than the installed job base suggests: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows California administrative and office support employment essentially flat year over year in September 2026 while active postings for the occupation were down 13.2%, and local Professional and Business Services employment fell -1.1787% year over year in August 2026. This is a market where employers can still hire, but they are rewarding candidates who can step into on-site, organized, customer-facing work quickly.

Best positioned: Candidates with proven on-site availability and clear evidence of calendar management, Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, travel coordination, and customer-facing coordination have the best odds right now.

Main caution: This is not a remote-friendly or sponsorship-friendly generalist market: about 80% of local postings are on-site, about 15% are hybrid, about 5% are remote, and less than 5% of postings that explicitly state a policy mention visa sponsorship.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 274 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. CTP Skill Center: 6 open roles
2. Sonrava: 5 open roles
3. Cosmotek College: 4 open roles
4. Marinclinics: 4 open roles
5. United States Attorneys' Offices: 4 open roles
6. K2 Services: 3 open roles
7. Nscale: 3 open roles
8. Oakmont Senior Living: 3 open roles
9. UCSF Health, AG: 3 open roles
10. A16z: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Francisco: 144
• Walnut Creek: 13
• Oakland: 11
• San Rafael: 11
• Redwood City: 10
• South San Francisco: 6
• San Mateo: 6
• Berkeley: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 195 (75%), hybrid 61 (24%), remote 3 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is not evenly spread across this category. In the recent local posting mix, hospitality accounts for about 20% of postings, technology about 15%, restaurants about 15%, hospitals and health care about 15%, and software development about 10%. That tells you the easiest entry points are often customer-facing, on-site roles rather than pure corporate back-office jobs. It also means the market is not controlled by one or two employers: more than 600 postings were observed across more than 400 companies, and the employer mix is fragmented. The better-paying path appears to cluster in executive support and office-management style jobs, but those are not the easiest jobs to get. About 80% of postings are on-site, only about 5% are remote, and local Professional and Business Services employment fell -1.1787% year over year in August 2026. In practice, that favors applicants who can support an office physically, handle calendars and front-of-house coordination, and show immediate operational usefulness rather than generic administrative interest.

• On-site front desk and coordinator roles in hospitality and restaurants (high): This is one of the clearest current access points because hospitality and restaurants together make up about 35% of the local posting mix, and these roles align with the market's strong on-site bias.
• Executive support and office manager roles in tech and professional offices (moderate): These roles can pay better, but they sit in a tougher lane because technology and software are active in the posting mix while metro Professional and Business Services employment is down year over year.
• Nonclinical office support around hospitals and health care (moderate): Hospitals and health care account for about 15% of local postings, which creates real opportunity for scheduling, reception, and general office support, but recent Kaiser cuts to business and administrative roles are a reminder that nonclinical support work is not risk-free.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site coordinator, front desk, and executive-support jobs where you can prove calendar control, customer handling, and office-system fluency on day one.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient access representative / healthcare scheduling coordinator: Hospitals and health care make up about 15% of the current local admin posting mix, and Education and Health Services employment nationally was up +1.9% year over year in September 2026.
• Recruiting coordinator: Calendar management, communication, document management, project coordination, and prioritization already overlap heavily with recruiting-coordinator work.
• Payroll or AP/AR coordinator: Microsoft Office, data entry, and detail-heavy workflow skills already show up in the local admin skill mix.
• Dispatch or operations coordinator: Customer service, data entry, and cash-handling skills already appear in local admin postings, which makes this a realistic crossover for service-heavy candidates.

What postings ask for

• Calendar management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the single most common named skill in the local sample, showing up in about 20% of postings. Who: Everyone applying to assistant, coordinator, front-office, or executive-support roles.
• Microsoft Office / Microsoft Office Suite (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Suite together appear repeatedly in local postings, making them a baseline screen rather than a bonus skill. Who: Entry-level and career-switching candidates who need to look job-ready fast.
• Google Workspace (differentiator | immediate): Google Workspace shows up in about 10% of local postings, which matters in Bay Area offices that run on mixed tool stacks rather than Microsoft-only environments. Who: Candidates targeting tech, software, startup, and modern office environments.
• Travel coordination (differentiator | immediate): Travel coordination appears in about 10% of local postings and is one of the clearest signs that a role sits above pure clerical support. Who: Mid-career candidates aiming at executive assistant or senior coordinator tracks.
• Customer service and front-desk handling (table_stakes | immediate): Customer service appears in about 10% of local postings, and the industry mix is heavy in hospitality, restaurants, and health care, where first-contact professionalism matters. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers coming from service environments.
• Data entry and document management (table_stakes | immediate): Data entry appears in about 10% of local postings, and document management is also called out as a relevant administrative skill in 2026 guidance. Who: Candidates moving from service work into office roles and anyone applying to general admin support jobs.

Questions about this market

What do Administrative & Office Support roles pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

The cleanest local pay baseline is the BLS occupation-family data for 2025: mean pay was $68,550, median pay was $62,120, the 25th percentile was $49,560, the 75th percentile was $79,920, and the 90th percentile was $100,130 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. Current salary-posting signals are higher at the top end: disclosed annual ranges in recent online ads center on about $93k to $120k, while hourly-paid ads center on about $23 to $25 per hour. That gap likely means salary-disclosed online postings are skewing toward higher-end executive assistant, coordinator, and office-manager jobs rather than representing the whole field. The metro's all-occupation average hourly wage was $48.19 in May 2025 versus $33.54 nationally, and local home prices were still up +2.2% year over year in July 2026, so even decent admin pay stretches less here than it would in many other metros.

Where is demand for Administrative & Office Support roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is not evenly spread across this category. In the recent local posting mix, hospitality accounts for about 20% of postings, technology about 15%, restaurants about 15%, hospitals and health care about 15%, and software development about 10%. That tells you the easiest entry points are often customer-facing, on-site roles rather than pure corporate back-office jobs. It also means the market is not controlled by one or two employers: more than 600 postings were observed across more than 400 companies, and the employer mix is fragmented. The better-paying path appears to cluster in executive support and office-management style jobs, but those are not the easiest jobs to get. About 80% of postings are on-site, only about 5% are remote, and local Professional and Business Services employment fell -1.1787% year over year in August 2026. In practice, that favors applicants who can support an office physically, handle calendars and front-of-house coordination, and show immediate operational usefulness rather than generic administrative interest.

Which employers are hiring the most Administrative & Office Support talent in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Domino's Inc. (more than 30 postings), Wing Assistant (around 15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Administrative & Office Support roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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