Office Manager salary in Beckley, WV

Pay in Beckley against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of office managers in Beckley earns $42,340–$61,420. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $75,230, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($52,580) is 12% 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 only $19,080 wide, against $19,240 across West Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Beckley 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 $14,570 over the median, the 25th only $4,510 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $18,800 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Beckley, and the West Virginia statewide median of $53,660 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Beckley

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 $13,602 to the $46,850 median and brings it to $60,452 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 Beckley

Of the 14 roles we track in Beckley, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($48,060) and sales development representatives ($45,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,230.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 14 roles we track in Beckley (-32.6%), between project coordinators (-25.5%) and sales development representatives (-35.7%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Beckley than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Beckley, 12.0% across West Virginia and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $46,850 in Beckley to $59,910 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $13,060 a year. All 6 areas in West Virginia with more office managers than Beckley also pay more, among them Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($55,320) and the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($50,850).

Beckley against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Beckley is #443 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No US metro area pays office managers less than Beckley; the table shows the next lowest outside West Virginia. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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