Los Angeles County / Alternate Public Defender / Administrative Services Manager II
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employee holds this title in Alternate Public Defender. Median total compensation for the role is $217,368, below the department median of $227,420.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Administrative Services Managers — about 13,310 people — is $124,560. Alternate Public Defender pays a median base salary of $103,837 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 33rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Administrative Services Managers across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Alternate Public Defender’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Administrative Services Managers — about 263,960 people — is $114,130. Alternate Public Defender’s median base salary is 9% below that national figure, about the 41st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Alternate Public Defender is $171,075, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Administrative Services Manager II is held in 35 Los Angeles County departments. In Alternate Public Defender, the median of $217,368 ranks #5 of 35.
Median total compensation for the Administrative Services Manager II role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $197,176 ranks #1 of 3. See Administrative Services Manager across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Services Manager roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Administrative Services Manager II/Alternate Public Defender
Maria Cordero holds the role of Administrative Services Manager II at Alternate Public Defender. In 2025, their total compensation was $217,368.