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Title: CRM Administrator rate in the United States | Deftridge
Summary: CRM Administrator pay in the United States: median wage $55 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $80. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# CRM Administrator hourly rate in United States

The market median wage for a CRM Administrator in the United States is **$55.14 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$80 an hour** on Deftridge.

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

**$55.14/hr** median wage

**$43-70** middle half of wages

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

## CRM Administrator wage percentiles in United States

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 | $35.07 | $760 | $72,900 |
| 25th | $43.17 | $940 | $89,800 |
| Median | $55.14 | $1,190 | $114,700 |
| 75th | $69.87 | $1,510 | $145,300 |
| 90th | $87.36 | $1,890 | $181,700 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 497,800 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United States in numbers

What sets the United States apart for a CRM Administrator, from the same sources as the table above.

- **$78.64** highest median wage, California

- **$37.58** lowest median wage, Idaho

- **497,800** people employed in the role

- **$99.07** median wage in the San Jose metro area, the highest in the country

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

- Self-employment tax is 15.3%: 12.4% Social Security plus 2.9% Medicare; the employer-equivalent half is deductible in working out adjusted gross income. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

- For 2026 the first $184,500 of combined wages, tips and net self-employment earnings is subject to the Social Security part. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a CRM Administrator in the United States 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 |

- Regular role **$80**

- One-off task **$90**

- Task bundle **$85**

## CRM Administrator pay by region in United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior CRM Administrator, highest first; 9 of 51 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $78.64 | $115 |
| Washington | $66.67 | $95 |
| Colorado | $66.55 | $95 |
| Massachusetts | $63.08 | $90 |
| District of Columbia | $62.32 | $90 |
| Rhode Island | $61.71 | $90 |
| New Jersey | $61.44 | $90 |
| Virginia | $59.51 | $85 |
| Texas | $59.29 | $85 |

## Highest-paying metro areas

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

- [San Jose $99.07/hr median wage · range $76-120](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [San Francisco $89.60/hr median wage · range $72-106](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Los Angeles $77.95/hr median wage · range $61-88](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Santa Maria $76.45/hr median wage · range $61-92](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Oxnard $76.04/hr median wage · range $60-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Sacramento $75.35/hr median wage · range $61-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Stockton $72.47/hr median wage · range $57-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Midland $71.54/hr median wage · range $54-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/texas/)

- [Hanford $71.12/hr median wage · range $59-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Santa Rosa $71.12/hr median wage · range $56-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

## 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.

[CRM Administrator rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/) · [CRM Administrator jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/crm-administrator/united-states/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
