First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers · SOC 43-1011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 391 metro areas

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$95,010	7,630	6.7
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$88,560	19,480	8.2
3	Longview-Kelso, WA	$81,980	410	10.1
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$81,640	18,020	8.6
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$80,760	95,180	10.0
6	Vallejo, CA	$80,520	1,160	8.0
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$79,770	5,490	13.6
8	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$79,540	740	7.9
9	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$79,460	2,770	11.5
10	Boulder, CO	$79,450	1,910	9.9
11	Napa, CA	$79,220	600	7.7
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$79,120	14,710	9.1
13	New Haven, CT	$78,990	4,260	15.1
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$78,740	8,670	14.4
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$78,410	14,480	7.4
16	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$78,270	1,210	9.3
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$77,990	25,630	9.5
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$77,530	54,340	8.7
19	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$77,500	1,120	9.2
20	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$77,410	860	8.7
21	Kenosha, WI	$77,390	570	7.6
22	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$77,350	9,190	8.5
23	Bellingham, WA	$76,530	920	10.1
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$76,400	23,390	7.5
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$76,380	7,740	6.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.