Office Manager salary in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Pay in Brownsville-Harlingen against Texas and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $82,280, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Brownsville-Harlingen earns $40,050–$63,870. The mean ($56,150) is 15% 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 $23,820 wide, against $31,540 across Texas and $29,140 nationally: employers in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 $14,860 over the median, the 25th only $8,960 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,174 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, and the Texas statewide median of $64,940 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Brownsville-Harlingen

At the $49,010 median, a local hire costs about $63,239 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,229 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 Brownsville-Harlingen

Of the 17 roles we track in Brownsville-Harlingen, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($55,550) and marketing specialists ($47,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,050.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Brownsville-Harlingen (-29.5%), between project coordinators (-28.6%) and data entry specialists (-29.9%). The typical role here is at -24.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Brownsville-Harlingen than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Brownsville-Harlingen, 10.2% across Texas and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $49,010 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $76,240 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $27,230 a year. All 14 areas in Texas with more office managers than Brownsville-Harlingen also pay more, among them Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ($73,070) and Houston-Pasadena, TX ($65,990).

Brownsville-Harlingen against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Brownsville-Harlingen is #146 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Monroe and Lafayette pay just above Brownsville-Harlingen and Beckley just below. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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