Office Manager salary in Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Pay in Burlington-South Burlington against Vermont and the US

The middle half of office managers in Burlington-South Burlington earns $61,320–$79,610. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $97,100, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $18,290 wide, against $19,320 across Vermont and $29,140 nationally: employers in Burlington-South Burlington pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,400 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,890, or about $12,761 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 Burlington-South Burlington, and the Vermont statewide median of $68,790 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Burlington-South Burlington

At the $69,720 median, a local hire costs about $89,961 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,241 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 Burlington-South Burlington

Of the 16 roles we track in Burlington-South Burlington, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($71,160) and bookkeepers ($56,690). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,410.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Burlington-South Burlington (+0.3%), between recruiters (+3.9%) and accountants (-1.4%). The typical role here is at +5.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Burlington-South Burlington than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 6.1% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Burlington-South Burlington, 7.3% across Vermont and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $65,130 in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area to $69,720 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $4,590 a year. The one area in Vermont with more office managers, the Northern Vermont nonmetro area ($69,110), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Burlington-South Burlington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Burlington-South Burlington is #365 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 Vermont, Cincinnati and Lewiston-Auburn pay just above Burlington-South Burlington and Grants Pass and Hanford-Corcoran just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in Burlington-South Burlington. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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