Office Manager salary in Bangor, ME

Pay in Bangor against Maine and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $102,230, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Bangor earns $54,040–$82,020. The mean ($69,820) is 8% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $27,980 wide, between the figure for Maine ($25,820) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $17,400 over the median, the 25th only $10,580 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,452 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 Bangor, and the Maine statewide median of $67,530 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bangor

At the $64,620 median, a local hire costs about $83,381 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,761 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 Bangor

Of the 16 roles we track in Bangor, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($75,640) and recruiters ($63,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,410.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Bangor (-7.0%), between HR assistants (-5.3%) and paralegals (-7.3%). The typical role here is at -7.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Bangor, 11.0% across Maine and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $62,690 in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area to $70,240 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $7,550 a year. All 2 areas in Maine with more office managers than Bangor also pay more, among them Portland-South Portland, ME ($70,240) and the Southwest Maine nonmetro area ($66,850).

Bangor against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bangor is #326 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Maine, Akron and Cleveland pay just above Bangor and Flint and Lewiston just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Bangor. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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