Office Manager salary in Bismarck, ND

Pay in Bismarck against North Dakota and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $104,120, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Bismarck earns $61,760–$93,600. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $31,840 wide, wider than in North Dakota as a whole ($31,260) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Bismarck depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $19,330 over the median, the 25th only $12,510 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,942 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 25th percentile and the median in Bismarck, and the North Dakota statewide median of $68,720 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bismarck

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 $21,562 to the $74,270 median and brings it to $95,832 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 Bismarck

Of the 15 roles we track in Bismarck, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($75,980) and marketing specialists ($62,400). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,650.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in Bismarck (+6.9%), between data entry specialists (+28.5%) and payroll specialists (+6.2%). The typical role here is at +0.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Bismarck than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 5.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Bismarck, 5.4% across North Dakota 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 Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $61,530 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $74,270 in Bismarck, a gap of $12,740 a year. The one area in North Dakota with more office managers, Fargo, ND-MN ($67,750), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Bismarck against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bismarck is #480 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Providence-Warwick and Indianapolis-Carmel pay just above Bismarck and Modesto and Stockton-Lodi just below. All four are within $410 a year of the median in Bismarck. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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