Compared with the local labor market
Accounting Administrator III pay vs. California
Across all employers in California, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers — about 149,230 people — is $77,590. Air Resources Board pays a median base salary of $91,851 for this role, 18% above that figure — about the 68th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Air Resources Board sits in the local pay range
$50,870
$62,660
$77,590
$97,080
$121,650
Air Resources Board median · $91,851
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Air Resources Board’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers — about 1,436,680 people — is $69,500. Air Resources Board’s median base salary is 32% above that national figure, about the 80th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$45,610
$55,950
$69,500
$85,090
$104,710
Air Resources Board median · $91,851
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 California range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Air Resources Board is $95,196, 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.