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Title: Office Coordinator rate in the United States | Deftridge
Summary: Office & Admin Coordinator pay in the United States: median wage $20 an hour, contractor rate at the country floor of $35.

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

# Office & Admin Coordinator hourly rate in United States

The market median wage for an Office & Admin Coordinator in the United States is **$20.15 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$35 an hour** on Deftridge.

**$35/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$20.15/hr** median wage

**$16-25** middle half of wages

**$760** a month at 5 hours a week

## Office & Admin Coordinator 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 | $14.10 | $310 | $29,300 |
| 25th | $16.45 | $360 | $34,200 |
| Median | $20.15 | $440 | $41,900 |
| 75th | $24.58 | $530 | $51,100 |
| 90th | $28.11 | $610 | $58,500 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 1,737,820 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 an Office & Admin Coordinator, from the same sources as the table above.

- **$26.87** highest median wage, California

- **$16.13** lowest median wage, Mississippi

- **1,737,820** people employed in the role

- **$30.92** median wage in the San Jose metro area, the highest in the country

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it, and this role is at the floor

- 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

In the United States the formula gives less than the country floor for every level and format, so the rate shown is the floor itself.

At the country floor $35 an hour for every level and format

The market median wage of $20.15 times the contractor premium is below the United States floor of $35. Deftridge does not publish a rate below the floor, so specialists and seniors, regular roles and one-off tasks all show the same number. Above the floor, the rate is agreed with the company inside its range. [How the floor works](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Office & Admin Coordinator pay by region in United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Office & Admin Coordinator, highest first; 9 of 51 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $26.87 | $40 |
| District of Columbia | $25.00 | $35 |
| Washington | $23.41 | $35 |
| Rhode Island | $23.07 | $35 |
| Massachusetts | $22.84 | $35 |
| Hawaii | $22.66 | $35 |
| Connecticut | $22.55 | $35 |
| New York | $22.19 | $35 |
| Vermont | $21.32 | $35 |

## Highest-paying metro areas

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

- [San Jose $30.92/hr median wage · range $26-38](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [San Francisco $30.48/hr median wage · range $25-38](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [Napa $28.64/hr median wage · range $24-33](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [Santa Cruz $28.03/hr median wage · range $22-32](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [Santa Rosa $27.98/hr median wage · range $24-32](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [Vallejo $27.74/hr median wage · range $23-32](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [Salinas $27.22/hr median wage · range $23-32](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [Santa Maria $27.07/hr median wage · range $22-31](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [San Diego $26.80/hr median wage · range $23-31](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/california/)

- [Modesto $26.31/hr median wage · range $23-31](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/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.

[Office & Admin Coordinator rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/office-and-admin-coordinator/) · [Office & Admin Coordinator jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/office-and-admin-coordinator/united-states/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
