Salary Averages

• The mean annual salary for an accounting office manager and similar positions is $50,770 as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The manager in the 10th percentile of all salaries averaged $28,870 per year in 2010. Those in the 25th and 50th percentiles earned average annual salaries of $36,810 and $47,460, respectively. Managers in the 75th and 90th percentiles earned average annual salaries of $61,290 and $76,930, respectively.
  
  

Top Industries

• The top-paying industry for accounting office managers was the U.S. Postal Service, paying $76,680 per year as of 2010, according to the BLS. Other industries paying well above the national average were scenic and sightseeing transportation, and computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing, paying $68,030 and $67,610, respectively. Aerospace products and parts manufacturing industries paid an average of $66,610, while navigational, measuring, electromedical and control instruments manufacturing paid $66,400 per year.
  
  

Top States

• Salaries across the country for accounting office manager and related professionals were above average in several states. Leading all states was the District of Columbia, where such professionals averaged $66,550 per year. In second was New York with an average annual wage of $57,970, followed by California at $56,420. Rhode Island and Massachusetts occupied the fourth and fifth spots, with annual wages averaging $56,010 and $55,610, respectively. California is also home to the most professionals, with approximately 15 percent of the 1,359,950 first-line supervisors working there.
  
  

Top Metropolitan Areas

• The top-earning metropolitan area in the country for such professionals was San Francisco, with an average annual salary of $63,300. San Jose, Calif., and greater New York followed, with accounting office managers averaging $62,050 and $61,070, respectively. The Oakland, Calif., area ranked fourth, where such professionals earned an average annual salary of $60,350. Danbury, Conn., and Sacramento, Calif., followed with average annual wages of $60,250 and $59,850, respectively.