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Title: Account Manager rate in District of Columbia | Deftridge
Summary: Account Manager pay in District of Columbia: median wage $55 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $80. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

DC · United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Account Manager hourly rate in District of Columbia

The market median wage for an Account Manager in District of Columbia is **$54.98 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$80 an hour** on Deftridge, +33% against the United States rate.

**$80/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$54.98/hr** median wage

**$49-61** middle half of wages

**$1,730** a month at 5 hours a week

## Account Manager wage percentiles in District of Columbia

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $42.71 | $930 | $88,800 |
| 25th | $48.63 | $1,050 | $101,200 |
| Median | $54.98 | $1,190 | $114,400 |
| 75th | $61.37 | $1,330 | $127,600 |
| 90th | $68.58 | $1,490 | $142,600 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 18,180 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## District of Columbia in numbers

What sets District of Columbia apart for an Account Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+30%** median wage against the United States median of $42.32

- **2nd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **18,180** people employed in the role in this place

- **$53.50** median wage in the Washington, D.C. metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Account Manager in District of Columbia by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $70 | $1,520 |
| Senior | $80 | $1,730 |
| Manager | $95 | $2,060 |

- Regular role **$80**

- One-off task **$90**

- Task bundle **$80**

## Account Manager pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Account Manager, highest first; 5 of 51 places shown. By median wage District of Columbia ranks **2 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $61.59 | $90 |
| District of Columbia | $54.98 | $80 |
| Delaware | $54.46 | $80 |
| Massachusetts | $52.38 | $75 |
| New York | $51.97 | $75 |

## Metro areas in District of Columbia

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Washington, D.C. $53.50/hr median wage · range $46-61](https://deftridge.com/rates/account-manager/district-of-columbia/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Account Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/account-manager/) · [Account Manager jobs in District of Columbia](https://deftridge.com/jobs/account-manager/district-of-columbia/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
