Office Manager salary in Asheville, NC

Pay in Asheville against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of office managers in Asheville earns $48,310–$74,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $87,830, 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 $26,680 wide, against $28,070 across North Carolina and $29,140 nationally: employers in Asheville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,570 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,110, or about $19,497 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 Asheville, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,340 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Asheville

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 $17,385 to the $59,880 median and brings it to $77,265 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 Asheville

Of the 17 roles we track in Asheville, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($63,760) and executive assistants ($59,440). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,470.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Asheville (-13.8%), between customer support specialists (-12.9%) and sales development representatives (-17.4%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Asheville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Asheville, 6.8% across North Carolina and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $54,150 in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area to $68,450 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $14,300 a year. Of the 8 areas in North Carolina with more office managers than Asheville, 3 pay less: the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($58,020), the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($54,150) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($58,240).

Asheville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Asheville is #168 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Tyler and Longview pay just above Asheville and Tuscaloosa and Las Cruces just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Asheville. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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