Office Manager salary in Boulder, CO

Pay in Boulder against Colorado and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $142,730 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of office managers in Boulder earns $64,310–$101,780. The mean ($87,470) is 10% 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 $37,470 wide, wider than in Colorado as a whole ($33,740) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Boulder depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,140 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $22,330, or about $28,813 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 25th percentile and the median in Boulder, and the Colorado statewide median of $76,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Boulder

At the $79,450 median, a local hire costs about $102,516 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,066 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 Boulder

Of the 17 roles we track in Boulder, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($86,200) and executive assistants ($79,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $122,040.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Boulder (+14.3%), between HR assistants (+17.9%) and payroll specialists (+13.5%). The typical role here is at +13.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 8.1% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Boulder, 8.2% across Colorado and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $66,290 in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area to $79,450 in Boulder, a gap of $13,160 a year. All 2 areas in Colorado with more office managers than Boulder pay less, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($79,120) and Colorado Springs, CO ($70,150).

Boulder against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Boulder is #121 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Colorado, Trenton-Princeton and Bremerton-Silverdale pay just above Boulder and Napa and New Haven just below. All four are within $460 a year of the median in Boulder. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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