Administrative Services Manager Salary (2026), outlook and how to become one

Administrative Services Managers earn a median of $114,130 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). That is 124% above the $50,980 median for all US occupations. That works out at $54.87/hr. The middle half earn between $86,460 and $157,420. The top 10% earn $207,720 or more.

The median hourly wage for administrative services managers is $54.87 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). On a full-year basis the $114,130 annual median works out to about $9,510 a month before tax.

BLS does not publish a starting salary. The nearest measure is the low end of the pay range: the lowest-paid 10% of administrative services managers earn less than $67,100 a year and the bottom quarter less than $86,460 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). New workers often start near that end, but where a particular job starts depends on the employer, the state and the credentials you bring, so read these as the bottom of the range rather than a guaranteed entry wage.

Yes, more often than not. The median is $114,130, so more than half of administrative services managers earn over $100,000 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In 40 states the median itself is above $100,000: Colorado ($157,000), New Jersey ($144,460), New York ($142,280), Delaware ($139,910), and 36 more.

The highest state medians for Administrative Services Managers are Colorado ($157,000), New Jersey ($144,460), New York ($142,280) (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

BLS does not split administrative services managers' pay by specialty or employer, but its range shows how far the top end runs: the highest-paid 10% earn more than $207,720, against a median of $114,130 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location moves pay the most in the published data: the best-paying states are Colorado ($157,000), New Jersey ($144,460), New York ($142,280).

Yes. BLS reports a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for Administrative Services Managers, and O*NET rates the preparation needed as medium preparation. Employers typically expect less than 5 years of related work experience first. In O*NET's survey of people already doing the job, 33.6% hold high school diploma or the equivalent (such as a ged).

BLS does not publish a fixed length; it depends on the route. What it does publish: the typical way in for administrative services managers is a bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of work experience in a related occupation. O*NET classes the work as needing medium preparation.

Yes. Employment is projected to grow 5.2% over 2025–2035, faster than the 3.5% average for all occupations (BLS EP, 2025–2035). BLS still projects about 22,000 openings a year, mostly from workers retiring or moving to other work.

Administrative services and facilities managers plan, direct, and coordinate activities that help an organization run efficiently. A core O*NET task: analyze internal processes and recommend and implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations, such as supply changes or the disposal of records. Employers most often ask for Accounting software, Analytical or scientific software, Computer aided design CAD software.

A 40-hour week is the most common pattern, though not a majority. In O*NET's survey of people in the job, 39% of administrative services managers usually work more than 40 hours a week, 44% work exactly 40 and 17% work fewer. 90% say their schedule is regular and 9% irregular. Source: O*NET 31.0 Database, Work Context.

O*NET scores Administrative Services Managers highest on the Enterprising, Conventional and Social interest areas, so the work mixes leading, persuading, selling and making decisions with organising, following procedures and working precisely with data. On NueCareer's MBTI-to-interest mapping the closest types are ESFJ, ESTJ. Personality is a fit signal, not a gate. The free NueCareer quiz scores your own profile against all 1,731 careers in the bank.

Women make up 69.3% of administrative services managers, against 47.1% of all employed people: more women than in the workforce as a whole. 37.2% are 55 or older (23.2% across all jobs), so a larger-than-usual share of the workforce reaches retirement age over the next decade. Those exits are counted in the BLS openings figure. The median worker is 49.6 years old (all workers: 42.1). Source: BLS Current Population Survey, 2025 annual averages.