Office Manager salary and cost of hiring in the US
An office manager (for a remote team: an operations coordinator) owns the processes that keep a small company organised: vendors, onboarding, tools, policies and the admin calendar.
BLS occupation 43-1011[1]; benefits share[2]. Checked 2026-10-16.
US salary range
| Range | 10th | Median | 90th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $45,610 | $69,500 | $104,710 |
Salary by state
| State | Median | 90th percentile | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | $120,710 | 31,790 | |
| District of Columbia | $131,400 | 4,080 | |
| New York | $124,450 | 83,110 | |
| Connecticut | $116,420 | 24,420 | |
| California | $121,650 | 149,230 | |
| Massachusetts | $107,490 | 34,520 | |
| New Jersey | $116,440 | 55,210 | |
| Colorado | $112,250 | 26,100 | |
| Minnesota | $106,100 | 21,690 | |
| Rhode Island | $102,720 | 5,090 | |
| Delaware | $107,880 | 5,480 | |
| Oregon | $102,540 | 12,200 | |
| Maryland | $104,140 | 27,860 | |
| New Hampshire | $107,810 | 7,600 | |
| Wisconsin | $102,440 | 22,950 | |
| Alaska | $98,220 | 5,690 | |
| Indiana | $104,190 | 21,780 | |
| Illinois | $103,770 | 42,400 | |
| Vermont | $91,920 | 1,710 | |
| North Dakota | $103,210 | 1,830 | |
| Maine | $98,050 | 6,000 | |
| Virginia | $104,530 | 35,160 | |
| Utah | $105,990 | 18,890 | |
| Tennessee | $103,790 | 49,870 | |
| Pennsylvania | $97,560 | 56,600 | |
| Texas | $103,540 | 160,600 | |
| Michigan | $98,770 | 30,690 | |
| Georgia (US state) | $101,900 | 42,630 | |
| Iowa | $97,710 | 10,190 | |
| Florida | $101,670 | 93,850 | |
| Arizona | $95,020 | 31,930 | |
| Ohio | $97,170 | 45,070 | |
| Kansas | $96,270 | 12,010 | |
| Kentucky | $99,330 | 19,670 | |
| Nevada | $98,720 | 14,380 | |
| Hawaii | $98,010 | 10,090 | |
| Missouri | $100,300 | 22,360 | |
| Wyoming | $87,890 | 1,980 | |
| South Carolina | $99,680 | 26,710 | |
| New Mexico | $92,410 | 8,330 | |
| Montana | $91,580 | 4,030 | |
| South Dakota | $83,490 | 1,750 | |
| North Carolina | $97,900 | 35,830 | |
| Nebraska | $87,840 | 9,930 | |
| Idaho | $91,590 | 8,360 | |
| Oklahoma | $97,610 | 19,860 | |
| Alabama | $93,560 | 20,140 | |
| Mississippi | $90,210 | 13,680 | |
| Arkansas | $86,580 | 13,630 | |
| Louisiana | $85,350 | 20,810 | |
| West Virginia | $80,310 | 6,900 |
Top-paying metro areas
Areas with at least 500 people in the job.
| Metro area | Median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 7,630 | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 19,480 | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 18,020 | |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 95,180 | |
| Vallejo, CA | 1,160 | |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 5,490 | |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 740 | |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 2,770 | |
| Boulder, CO | 1,910 | |
| Napa, CA | 600 |
What the job involves
- Run onboarding and offboarding checklists
- Manage vendors, subscriptions and renewals
- Keep policies and the team wiki up to date
- Coordinate team events and meetings
- Prepare simple budgets and expense reports
Tools
- Notion or Confluence
- Google Workspace
- Gusto, Rippling or Deel
- Asana or ClickUp
- Expensify or Ramp
How to test candidates
- Design an onboarding checklist for a new hire
- Spot overlaps in a list of 30 software subscriptions
- A call about prioritising five urgent requests
Remote work
A good fit for remote work when the company is already distributed; the role is mostly process and documentation.
Local or remote
We place executive assistants, customer support and e-commerce staff today; for office managers we answer within one business day whether we can help. Enter the monthly pay you have in mind to compare it with a local hire. The fee field shows our standard fee[3]; Deel's contractor plan is the default payroll tool[4].
Questions
What is the average office manager salary in the US?
The BLS median was $69,500 a year in May 2025 and the mean $73,490.
Which state pays office managers the most?
Washington, with a median of $79,480 a year.
Sources
- BLS OEWS May 2025, 43-1011: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes431011.htm
- BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, private industry, June 2026: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
- Silkstaff pricing: https://silkstaff.com/#pricing
- Deel pricing, contractor management: https://www.deel.com/pricing/
How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Data checked 2026-10-16.