Office Manager salary in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA

Pay in Amherst Town-Northampton against Massachusetts and the US

The middle half of office managers in Amherst Town-Northampton earns $59,900–$83,060. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $97,520, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $23,160 wide, against $32,700 across Massachusetts and $29,140 nationally: employers in Amherst Town-Northampton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $14,740 over the median, the 25th only $8,420 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,019 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $69,500 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Amherst Town-Northampton, and the Massachusetts statewide median of $76,770 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Amherst Town-Northampton

At the $68,320 median, a local hire costs about $88,155 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,835 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Amherst Town-Northampton

Of the 14 roles we track in Amherst Town-Northampton, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between executive assistants ($72,050) and paralegals ($64,050). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,320.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 14 roles we track in Amherst Town-Northampton (-1.7%), between payroll specialists (+0.8%) and customer support specialists (-2.7%). The typical role here is at +1.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Amherst Town-Northampton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Amherst Town-Northampton, 8.9% across Massachusetts and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Massachusetts

Across the 7 areas of Massachusetts with data for this job, the median runs from $68,320 in Amherst Town-Northampton to $77,990 in Boston-Cambridge, a gap of $9,670 a year. All 4 areas in Massachusetts with more office managers than Amherst Town-Northampton also pay more, among them Boston-Cambridge, MA-NH ($77,990) and Worcester, MA ($73,130).

Amherst Town-Northampton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Amherst Town-Northampton is #339 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Massachusetts, Grand Forks and Durham-Chapel Hill pay just above Amherst Town-Northampton and Merced and Eau Claire just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in Amherst Town-Northampton. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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