Administrative Services Managers in District of Columbia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,208
after federal, FICA and District of Columbia tax
Tax takes
$37,402
29.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,314
District of Columbia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in District of Columbia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$128,610
Kept after tax
$91,208
Worth in national money
$82,314
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. District of Columbia's middle earner gets $128,610, putting the state 10 of 50 — about 12.69% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 390 occupations District of Columbia reports, this job comes in at 48 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $128,610, tax leaves $91,208 — and because District of Columbia is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $82,314 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $141,300, since top earners drag the number up.
- For administrative services managers, District of Columbia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $128,610, ranking 10 of 50 and running about 12.69% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Administrative services managers ranks 48 of 390 occupations by median in District of Columbia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $91,208 remains from the District of Columbia median of $128,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $82,314 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $141,300 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $128,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $219,590 |
| This salary | $128,610 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in District of Columbia | $91,208 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,171 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$19,740 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $117,097 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$27,460 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 111 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of administrative services managers in District of Columbia earn under $128,610 and half over. The published range runs $73,760 at the tenth percentile to $219,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind District of Columbia's $91,208, worked from $128,610. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 48 of 390.
- One number stands for prices across all of District of Columbia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,314, the adjusted value of that $128,610 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 48 of 390 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for administrative services managers in District of Columbia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $73,760 to $219,590; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The District of Columbia take-home of $91,208, on $128,610 for work ranking 48 of 390 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 48 of 390 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for District of Columbia, so $82,314 — the adjusted value of that $128,610 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 48 of 390 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $141,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $73,760 at the bottom tenth to $219,590 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in District of Columbia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $82,314 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and District of Columbia's own levy, $91,208 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in District of Columbia is $141,300. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($73,760) and the ninetieth ($219,590) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
District of Columbia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $82,314 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $91,208 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and District of Columbia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.