Office Manager salary in Burlington, NC

Pay in Burlington against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of office managers in Burlington earns $50,050–$76,560. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $88,920, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($64,390) is 8% 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 $26,510 wide, against $28,070 across North Carolina and $29,140 nationally: employers in Burlington 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 $17,130 over the median, the 25th only $9,380 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,103 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 median and the 75th percentile in Burlington, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,340 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Burlington

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 $17,254 to the $59,430 median and brings it to $76,684 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 Burlington

Of the 15 roles we track in Burlington, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($61,620) and sales development representatives ($58,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,370.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in Burlington (-14.5%), between data entry specialists (-13.3%) and sales development representatives (-16.6%). The typical role here is at -8.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Burlington than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 8.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Burlington, 6.9% across North Carolina and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $54,150 in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area to $68,450 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $14,300 a year. Of the 13 areas in North Carolina with more office managers than Burlington, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($58,020), the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($54,150) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($58,240).

Burlington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Burlington is #402 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Tucson and Hinesville pay just above Burlington and Johnson City and Erie just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Burlington. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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