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Administrative Services Managers pay in Billings, MT and Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Administrative Services Managers is $169,820 per year in Billings, MT. It is $111,650 per year in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Billings, MT is 52.1% above Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Billings, MT and 5,510 in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings