Office and Administrative Supervisors salary in the US
Here is where pay for office and administrative supervisors stands nationally, built from Census microdata rather than job-board postings.
How much do office and administrative supervisors earn?
Half of all office and administrative supervisors in the United States earned more than $56,854 a year, and half earned less — 8% more than the $52,508 median for all US earners aged 25 and older. Only 82 of the 171 groups we track report a lower median, which puts it in the third quarter. 55,819 respondents aged 25+ reported this occupation, which is what the median is calculated from.
| Position | Annual earnings |
|---|---|
| Top 10% start at | $113,358 |
| Top 25% start at | $81,220 |
| Median (top 50%) | $56,854 |
| Bottom 25% earn below | $39,469 |
How wide is the pay range?
The top 25% of office and administrative supervisors earn at least $81,220, and the top 10% start near $113,358 — about 2.0 times the median. The bottom quarter earned under $39,469; that group includes people who worked part of the year or reduced hours, since every earner is counted. So the distance from the bottom quarter to the middle is a factor of 1.4.
Earnings by age
Mid-career workers out-earn new entrants, but not dramatically — the median goes from $50,274 (25–34) to $61,101 (45–54). By 65+ the median is $47,730, down 22% from the high point, as many people phase into retirement.
Men and women
Men's median earnings are $67,211 and women's are $52,793, so women's median is 21% lower. Women account for around 71% of the records behind these figures. The comparison isn't like-for-like on hours or seniority, so read it as a description rather than a pay-equity measure.
| Group | Median earnings | Survey records |
|---|---|---|
| Men | $67,211 | 16,056 |
| Women | $52,793 | 39,763 |
Does education change the pay?
The spread by education is moderate — 58% between workers with a high school education or less ($51,325) and those with a professional degree ($80,839). The most common credential in the sample is some college or an associate degree, with 22,141 records. Thin cells (under 100 records) aren't shown.
| Education | Median earnings | Survey records |
|---|---|---|
| High school or less | $51,325 | 13,076 |
| Some college / associate | $53,696 | 22,141 |
| Bachelor's | $64,435 | 15,430 |
| Master's | $75,562 | 4,418 |
| Professional degree | $80,839 | 485 |
| Doctorate | $76,144 | 269 |
Where the most work, and what they earn there
Most of the sample comes from California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania, the five states where this occupation is most common in the data. Pay differs noticeably even across these five: $63,680 in New York versus $52,306 in Florida. These are nominal dollars — living costs differ just as much between states and aren't adjusted for. 51 states have enough records (100+) for their own figure.
| State | Median earnings | Survey records |
|---|---|---|
| California | $62,968 | 6,300 |
| Texas | $54,991 | 4,594 |
| Florida | $52,306 | 3,803 |
| New York | $63,680 | 3,263 |
| Pennsylvania | $55,860 | 2,335 |
Occupations with similar pay
For comparison, these jobs have medians within a few thousand dollars: paralegals and legal assistants ($56,854), construction equipment operators ($57,276), heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers ($56,213), and plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ($57,721). They aren't interchangeable careers, though the middle of the pay distribution is close.
| Occupation | Median earnings | vs. this job |
|---|---|---|
| Paralegals And Legal Assistants | $56,854 | 0% |
| Construction Equipment Operators | $57,276 | +1% |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, And Refrigeration Mechanics And Installers | $56,213 | −1% |
| Plumbers, Pipefitters, And Steamfitters | $57,721 | +2% |
| Machinists | $57,721 | +2% |
About these figures
A note on definitions: figures cover everyone 25+ with earnings in this occupation over 2020–2024, inflation-adjusted to 2024, full-time or not. Medians are weighted to the US population; suppressed cells are those under 100 records. The occupation total is 55,819 records.
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Open the calculatorSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) — personal earnings (PERNP) in 2024 dollars, person-weighted
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