Office Manager salary in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Pay in Cape Coral-Fort Myers against Florida and the US

The middle half of office managers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers earns $51,200–$78,490. The top tenth earns $101,550 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($70,200) is 12% 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 $27,290 wide, against $28,590 across Florida and $29,140 nationally: employers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,650 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,640, or about $20,181 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 median and the 75th percentile in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, and the Florida statewide median of $64,360 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers

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 $18,247 to the $62,850 median and brings it to $81,097 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers

Of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($64,770) and paralegals ($60,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,600.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers (-9.6%), between data entry specialists (-5.7%) and HR assistants (-12.3%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 8.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, 8.2% across Florida and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $55,500 in Sebring to $71,140 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $15,640 a year. All 5 areas in Florida with more office managers than Cape Coral-Fort Myers also pay more, among them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($67,550) and Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($63,010).

Cape Coral-Fort Myers against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cape Coral-Fort Myers is #93 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Winchester and Huntsville pay just above Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Savannah and Gainesville just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Cape Coral-Fort Myers. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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