Administrative Services Manager Salary in 2026: Pay by State, Industry and City

How Much Does an Administrative Services Manager Make?

An administrative services manager makes $114,130 a year at the median, which is $54.87 an hour, according to the May 2025 federal wage survey. The handbook's quick facts list a lower pair, $110,500 a year and $53.13 an hour, and that pair covers administrative services and facilities managers together. The $114,130 is for administrative services managers alone, and it's the figure this guide uses throughout.

The spread around that median is wide. The 10th percentile is $67,100 and the 25th is $86,460, so a quarter of administrative services managers earn under $86,460. The 75th percentile is $157,420 and the 90th is $207,720, a gap of $140,620 between the bottom tenth and the top tenth. If you're starting out in the title, the lower quarter is the range to plan around. The upper quarter is what the same title pays once you're established and running more of the organization's support services.

A median is a midpoint, not an offer. Half of the 263,960 administrative services managers in the survey earn more than $114,130 and half earn less, and no employer pays the midpoint on purpose. The mean, $129,870, sits $15,740 above the median, which tells you the high earners pull the average up. So when you read a posting, the useful question is where that employer sits inside the spread, and the industry, ownership and metro figures below are how you answer it.

Administrative Services Manager Salary by State

Administrative Services Manager salary by state runs from a median of $157,000 in Colorado to $84,480 in Arkansas, across the 49 states and the District of Columbia where the survey publishes a median. A state median is a location figure: it reflects which employers are there and what living costs, not what any one employer pays.

Highest-Paying Cities for Administrative Services Managers

The highest-paying cities for administrative services managers are the metro areas below, the ten with the highest median among the 350 metro areas where the survey publishes one and at least 100 people hold the job. The second chart lists the ten metro areas that employ the most administrative services managers, which is where most of the openings are.

Administrative Services Manager Salary by Industry

Administrative Services Manager pay by industry is set out below for every industry sector where the survey publishes a median, highest first, with the number employed in each. A high median in a sector with few jobs is a real figure but a narrow door.

What Drives Administrative Services Manager Pay?

Administrative services manager pay is driven first by the industry the employer is in, then by who owns it, then by where it is. Utilities pays a median of $145,530, but only 1,850 administrative services managers work there, so it's a real figure and a narrow door. The sectors that pay well and hire in numbers are finance and insurance, at $131,650 across 23,490 jobs, and professional, scientific and technical services, at $128,020 across 30,480. Management of companies and enterprises, which is corporate headquarters work, pays $137,610 across 14,780 jobs. At the other end, health care and social assistance pays $101,850, which is $12,280 under the national median, and the handbook names it as the largest single employer of administrative services managers, at 13 percent.

Ownership splits in a way that matters for a job search. Private employers pay a median of $117,830 and account for 201,580 of the jobs. Government taken as a whole pays $107,910. But local government, which includes public schools and hospitals, pays $116,090, close to the private figure, while the federal government pays $88,610 across 2,450 jobs. So a county or school district role pays near what a company does, and a federal one pays well under both.

Metro area is the third driver. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO pays a median of $164,240, which is $50,110 above the national figure, and Colorado leads the state table at $157,000. Trenton-Princeton, NJ pays $154,070 and New York-Newark-Jersey City pays $149,990 across 18,450 jobs, more than any other metro. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington pays $144,520 across 5,840. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO pays $146,600 but has 100 administrative services managers in the whole area, so the openings are few.

The handbook says educational requirements vary by organization and the work they do, and that administrative services managers need related work experience showing managerial and leadership ability. The employer's sector and location set the range before your own record enters the conversation, and the same experience sits in a higher range at a finance company in Denver than at a clinic in Arkansas.

How Can an Administrative Services Manager Earn More?

An administrative services manager earns more by changing which kind of employer holds the title, since the title itself doesn't move the pay. Sector is the lever with the most reach. Going from a health care employer, where the median is $101,850, to a finance and insurance employer at $131,650 is a difference of $29,800 at the median for the same job. Management of companies and enterprises pays $137,610. Inside government, a local government post at $116,090 pays $27,480 more than a federal one at $88,610, so if public work is what you want, aim at the city, county or school district rather than the federal agency.

Location is the second lever. Denver pays $164,240, Trenton $154,070, New York $149,990 and Minneapolis $144,520, all well above the $114,130 national median, and New York and Minneapolis also employ thousands of administrative services managers, so the openings exist alongside the pay. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos pays $125,000 across 4,790 jobs. A median is a pay figure, not a cost-of-living figure, so set the gap against rent before you pack.

The handbook adds one move of its own. Certification is not required, but it may give candidates an advantage when applying for jobs, and applying is how every sector and metro move above happens. The handbook also says the job needs related work experience that reflects managerial and leadership abilities, so the record you build running support services at one employer is the thing you carry to a better-paying one.

The steps into the job, and whether a general studies degree is enough to get there, are in the administrative services manager career guide.