Administrative Services Managers salary

SOC 11-3012 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$114,130

per year, nationally

Middle half

$86,460–$157,420

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

263,960

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.6%

23,200 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$67,100$207,720

10th: $67,100
25th: $86,460
Median: $114,130
75th: $157,420
90th: $207,720

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where administrative services managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Colorado	$157,000	103.1	2,340	0.48×
2	New Jersey	$144,460	108.8	10,910	1.50×
3	New York	$142,280	107.9	15,010	0.91×
4	Delaware	$139,910	99.8	720	0.87×
5	Minnesota	$137,290	98.6	7,560	1.51×
6	Virginia	$130,850	101.1	2,850	0.41×
7	Washington	$130,630	107.0	3,490	0.58×
8	Montana	$129,670	94.6	400	0.46×
9	Rhode Island	$128,980	102.3	780	0.91×
10	District of Columbia	$128,610	109.9	1,030	0.86×
11	Tennessee	$127,410	91.9	8,170	1.47×
12	New Hampshire	$125,390	104.2	760	0.65×
13	South Carolina	$124,320	93.7	—	—
14	Utah	$123,700	98.9	1,670	0.57×
15	Wyoming	$120,510	92.7	120	0.26×
16	Connecticut	$120,200	103.6	3,180	1.10×
17	Kansas	$118,570	90.1	1,150	0.47×
18	Iowa	$116,920	87.8	1,380	0.52×
19	Massachusetts	$116,710	105.8	9,130	1.48×
20	Maryland	$115,550	105.0	4,320	0.92×
21	Alabama	$114,550	88.8	860	0.24×
22	Texas	$114,190	97.1	22,980	0.96×
23	Oregon	$113,250	103.4	2,620	0.78×
24	Indiana	$112,990	93.3	5,620	1.03×
25	Hawaii	$110,840	110.0	1,560	1.46×
26	California	$108,890	110.7	41,240	1.33×
27	Wisconsin	$108,450	94.1	5,220	1.05×
28	Georgia	$108,250	96.3	13,720	1.65×
29	Michigan	$108,210	96.2	6,590	0.88×
30	Illinois	$106,860	100.0	12,040	1.16×
31	South Dakota	$106,410	88.6	450	0.57×
32	Alaska	$106,400	102.4	1,020	1.84×
33	Nebraska	$105,720	90.1	2,600	1.50×
34	Pennsylvania	$105,640	97.6	4,880	0.47×
35	North Carolina	$105,630	94.3	7,360	0.88×
36	Maine	$105,380	97.0	—	—
37	New Mexico	$104,790	92.2	—	—
38	Oklahoma	$104,670	87.8	2,220	0.77×
39	Ohio	$101,500	92.8	7,980	0.85×
40	Arizona	$101,160	100.7	6,750	1.23×
41	Louisiana	$99,210	88.2	3,260	0.99×
42	Vermont	$97,040	98.0	430	0.84×
43	Missouri	$96,920	90.8	4,220	0.85×
44	Mississippi	$96,030	87.0	1,700	0.86×
45	Nevada	$95,780	100.0	3,010	1.14×
46	Florida	$94,850	103.4	15,350	0.91×
47	North Dakota	$94,320	89.0	300	0.41×
48	Idaho	$92,880	95.5	880	0.60×
49	West Virginia	$84,820	89.5	1,890	1.59×
50	Arkansas	$84,480	86.9	1,110	0.50×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where administrative services managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for administrative services managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Billings, MT	$169,820	93.5	40	0.26×
2	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$164,240	105.8	1,520	0.55×
3	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$154,070	103.2	1,260	3.09×
4	Greeley, CO	$151,750	100.2	50	0.25×
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$149,990	112.6	18,450	1.14×
6	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$146,600	101.1	100	0.34×
7	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$144,520	104.8	5,840	1.76×
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$139,580	106.9	—	—
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$137,820	110.4	2,420	1.26×
10	Colorado Springs, CO	$137,730	100.7	160	0.31×
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$134,660	115.6	4,700	1.17×
12	Gainesville, GA	$134,360	96.8	270	1.52×
13	Columbus, IN	$134,150	93.0	80	1.00×
14	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$133,220	96.3	3,220	1.72×
15	New Haven, CT	$132,830	104.6	710	1.48×
16	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$132,460	105.7	250	0.74×
17	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$132,420	98.9	320	1.13×
18	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$132,290	100.9	1,090	0.78×
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$131,700	111.1	2,450	0.69×
20	Rochester, MN	$131,130	90.8	340	1.63×
21	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$130,580	92.2	1,430	1.38×
22	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$130,540	91.5	670	1.47×
23	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$130,330	93.3	—	—
24	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$130,280	109.4	260	0.56×
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$130,130	108.9	3,500	0.66×
26	Topeka, KS	$130,100	88.8	130	0.66×
27	Helena, MT	$129,670	95.7	110	1.51×
28	Birmingham, AL	$129,380	91.6	280	0.32×
29	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$128,680	103.7	130	0.59×
30	Spartanburg, SC	$127,770	91.1	190	0.67×
31	Ithaca, NY	$127,610	103.3	90	1.05×
32	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$127,540	98.2	250	0.49×
33	Rochester, NY	$127,410	97.0	530	0.63×
34	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$127,210	90.3	190	0.87×
35	Midland, TX	$127,180	95.8	140	0.66×
36	Columbia, SC	$126,680	93.7	—	—
37	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$126,190	91.7	630	0.92×
38	Rome, GA	$126,130	90.2	70	0.94×
39	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$125,730	101.0	—	—
40	St. Cloud, MN	$125,670	87.6	140	0.81×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where administrative services managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Financial Managers$166,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers$175,140
Industrial Production Managers$126,060
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$107,230
Human Resources Managers$149,280
Facilities Managers$106,660
Purchasing Managers$148,080
Training and Development Managers$133,000