Office Manager salary in Bend, OR

Pay in Bend against Oregon and the US

The middle half of office managers in Bend earns $61,330–$84,590. The top tenth earns $103,130 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($75,290) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $23,260 wide, against $24,620 across Oregon and $29,140 nationally: employers in Bend pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $8,580 over it, while the 25th sits $14,680 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $11,071 more a year with benefits. 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 25th percentile and the median in Bend, and the Oregon statewide median of $74,300 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bend

At the $76,010 median, a local hire costs about $98,077 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,067 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 Bend

Of the 17 roles we track in Bend, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($76,190) and executive assistants ($69,360). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,280.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Bend (+9.4%), between medical administrative assistants (+10.3%) and bookkeepers (+8.3%). The typical role here is at +2.9%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Bend than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 6.5% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Bend, 6.4% across Oregon and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $64,990 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $76,380 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $11,390 a year. Of the 4 areas in Oregon with more office managers than Bend, 3 pay less: Salem, OR ($75,990), Eugene-Springfield, OR ($71,490) and the Coast Oregon nonmetro area ($64,990).

Bend against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bend is #333 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 Oregon, San Diego-Chula Vista and Mount Vernon-Anacortes pay just above Bend and Walla Walla and Kennewick-Richland just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Bend. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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