Administrative Services Managers
Business, Management and AdministrationO*NET 11-3012.00United States
Plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, and other office support services.
- Median annual earnings
- $113,973
- Projected change
- +8.3%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 274.11K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
33.6% of the workforce
Growing to 296.84K by 2035
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The work
What administrative services managers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Set goals and deadlines for the department.
- Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Acquire, distribute and store supplies.
- Analyze internal processes and recommend and implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations, such as supply changes or the disposal of records.
- Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $66,971
- 25th percentile
- $86,312
- 50th percentile
- $113,973
- 75th percentile
- $157,327
- 90th percentile
- $207,830
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $113,973 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+8.3%faster than average
2025274,109 jobs
2035 projected296,844 jobs
22,735 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- High school diploma or less
- 33.6%
- Bachelor's degree
- 24.3%
- Some college
- 13.2%
- Certificate
- 13.2%
- Associate degree
- 11.8%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 3.9%
- Doctoral degree or more
- 0.1%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Management of Financial Resources
- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
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- 03Assistant Business Office Managers382 postings
- 04Administrative Business Partners219 postings
- 05Administrators194 postings
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- 09Business Administrators137 postings
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- 11Administrative Support Workers126 postings
- 12Regional Business Office Managers125 postings
- 13Administrative Associates124 postings
- 14Directors of Administration111 postings
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- 16Branch Administrators97 postings
- 17Department Administrators83 postings
- 18Administration Managers82 postings
- 19Administrative Support Managers73 postings
- 20Lease Administration Managers66 postings
Top employers
- 01Google155 postings
- 02Aramark133 postings
- 03Genesis Administrative Services87 postings
- 04Cushman & Wakefield85 postings
- 05Brookdale Senior Living76 postings
- 06Touchstone Communities76 postings
- 07Robert Half63 postings
- 08Insight Global53 postings
- 09Cintas51 postings
- 10Herc49 postings
- 11PricewaterhouseCoopers49 postings
- 12United Surgical Partners International48 postings
- 13UnitedHealth Group47 postings
- 14Brinks45 postings
- 15Microsoft36 postings
- 16Morgan Stanley36 postings
- 17Optum36 postings
- 18Signature Healthcare30 postings
- 19Genesis HealthCare29 postings
- 20Life Care Centers of America29 postings
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