Top Metros for Administrative Services Managers: New York Leads, Denver Pays Most

Across all metros in LaborCove’s dataset, the occupation of administrative services manager shows a national median salary of $114,130 and national employment of 263,960. The national projected employment growth rate of 4.6% provides occupational context but is not a geographic forecast. Within that national picture, the top 10 metros for administrative services managers show substantial variation in both compensation and employment counts. LaborCove’s Geography Scores provide one way to compare these markets, but users should interpret them alongside their own priorities such as preferred region, sector mix, or proximity to existing networks.

Nationally, administrative services managers have a median annual salary of $114,130. All ten of LaborCove’s top metros report median salaries above this national figure. Among the metros with supplied employment counts, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest number of administrative services manager jobs at 18,450. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA reports 13,310, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI reports 5,840, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA reports 4,700, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA reports 2,420, and Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO reports 1,520. LaborCove’s national projected growth rate of 4.6% for this occupation is a U.S.-wide projection. It is not a forecast for any individual state or metro in this ranking and should be interpreted strictly as national context.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks #1 in LaborCove’s metro list with a Geography Score of 82.33, the highest score among the top 10. It also has a median salary of $149,990, which is above the national median of $114,130. With 18,450 administrative services manager jobs, it has the largest employment count among the metros in this top‑10 group with supplied employment data. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks #2 with a Geography Score of 63.20. Its median salary of $124,560 is above the national figure and below the New York metro’s median salary. Los Angeles reports 13,310 administrative services managers, which is a smaller employment count than New York-Newark-Jersey City but still one of the larger supplied counts in the top 10. Despite Los Angeles reporting a lower salary and smaller employment count than New York, it ranks immediately behind New York in the LaborCove Geography Score, highlighting that the score reflects more than any single metric taken alone.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has the highest median salary among the top 10 at $164,240, yet it ranks #5 overall with a Geography Score of 54.24. Its employment count of 1,520 is smaller than the supplied counts for New York-Newark-Jersey City and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. This illustrates that the metro with the highest salary does not automatically take the top spot in LaborCove’s ranking. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ranks #6 with a Geography Score of 54.16, just below Denver’s score. Its median salary of $144,520 is higher than Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim’s $124,560 and above the national median. Minneapolis also reports 5,840 administrative services managers, which is a larger employment count than Denver’s. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks #7 with a Geography Score of 53.84. Its median salary of $134,660 is above the national benchmark and above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim’s median salary, while its employment count of 4,700 sits between Minneapolis’s 5,840 and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara’s 2,420.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks #9 with a Geography Score of 53.18. Its median salary of $137,820 is above both the national median and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim’s median salary. With 2,420 administrative services managers, San Jose’s employment count is lower than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington’s and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont’s but higher than Denver-Aurora-Centennial’s. Across the California metros in this top‑10 list with supplied employment figures—Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara—median salaries all exceed the national median of $114,130. Their employment counts vary, with Los Angeles reporting the largest employment among the three and Denver-Aurora-Centennial outside California reporting a smaller employment count than each of these California metros. These differences underscore how compensation, employment size, and Geography Score can diverge even within a single state or region, so candidates may wish to look at all three metrics when comparing metros.

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT ranks #3 with a LaborCove Geography Score of 57.45. Its median salary of $139,580 is above the national figure and higher than Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim’s median salary. Employment for this metro is not supplied, so no employment comparisons can be made for Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks #4 with a Geography Score of 54.76 and a median salary of $130,330, which is above the national median. Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks #8 with a Geography Score of 53.53 and a median salary of $125,730, while Columbia, SC ranks #10 with a Geography Score of 52.52 and a median salary of $126,680. Employment counts are not supplied for these South Carolina metros. Within the three South Carolina metros, Greenville-Anderson-Greer holds the highest Geography Score in this ranking, and Columbia reports a slightly higher median salary than Charleston-North Charleston. Because employment data is missing for these metros, their comparison within LaborCove’s ranking rests on the available salary and Geography Score information.

LaborCove’s metro rankings for administrative services managers use authoritative labor‑market data combined with the LaborCove Geography Score. For each metro, we incorporate supplied median annual salary, employment counts when available, and our scoring framework to produce a comparative ranking. The underlying occupational salary and employment data for this analysis are based on Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) observations with a reference period of May 2025. The national projected employment growth rate of 4.6% is a separate national‑level projection for the occupation and is not used as a state‑ or metro‑specific growth estimate. Because the Geography Score is a composite index, users should avoid attributing a metro’s rank to any single factor unless explicitly indicated by the data. The rankings are best viewed as a starting point for comparing locations, to be weighed alongside personal factors such as desired industries, commuting preferences, or non‑work considerations that fall outside the scope of LaborCove’s metrics.