Los Angeles County / Public Defender / Administrative Services Manager I

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Administrative Services Manager I

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

7 employees hold this title in Public Defender. Median total compensation for the role is $175,600, below the department median of $178,093.

Employees: 7
Total payroll: $1.1M
Role median: $175,600
Agency median: $178,093
Comparison: Below

Compared with the local labor market

Administrative Services Manager I pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

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. Public Defender pays a median base salary of $108,602 for this role, 13% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Defender sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$73,330

$94,690

$124,560

$165,010

$217,600

Public Defender median · $108,602

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 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. Public Defender’s median base salary is 5% below that national figure, about the 45th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$67,100

$86,460

$114,130

$157,420

$207,720

Public Defender median · $108,602

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 Public Defender is $179,016, 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

This role across Los Angeles County

Administrative Services Manager I is held in 35 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Defender, the median of $175,600 ranks #25 of 35.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Animal Care and Control

$199,076 · 7

$197,476 · 52

$194,048 · 3

$193,853 · 16

$191,226 · 93

$190,830 · 29

$190,554 · 10

$190,377 · 8

Regional Planning Department

$190,245 · 4

Children & Family Services

$189,976 · 122

Public Health

$189,621 · 25

Public Social Services Department

$189,263 · 156

Median total compensation for the Administrative Services Manager I role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Administrative Services Manager beyond Los Angeles County

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 →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Utah

$76,990 · 45

Florida

$72,332 · 54

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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