Office Manager salary in Ann Arbor, MI

Pay in Ann Arbor against Michigan and the US

The middle half of office managers in Ann Arbor earns $55,430–$78,540. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,230, 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 $23,110 wide, against $28,850 across Michigan and $29,140 nationally: employers in Ann Arbor pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,450 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,660, or about $17,626 once benefits are added. 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 Ann Arbor, and the Michigan statewide median of $64,720 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Ann Arbor

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $18,836 to the $64,880 median and brings it to $83,716 a year. 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 Ann Arbor

Of the 17 roles we track in Ann Arbor, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($66,210) and paralegals ($61,480). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,690.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Ann Arbor (-6.6%), between accountants (-4.3%) and customer support specialists (-11.8%). The typical role here is at +1.2%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Ann Arbor than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Ann Arbor, 7.6% across Michigan and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $57,700 in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area to $69,520 in Lansing-East Lansing, a gap of $11,820 a year. Of the 3 areas in Michigan with more office managers than Ann Arbor, 1 pays less: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($64,840).

Ann Arbor against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Ann Arbor is #175 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Ogden and Charlotte-Concord pay just above Ann Arbor and Albuquerque and Boise City just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in Ann Arbor. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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