Office Manager salary in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

Pay in Cape Girardeau against Missouri and the US

The middle half of office managers in Cape Girardeau earns $47,740–$75,680. The top tenth earns $85,720 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $27,940 wide, against $30,230 across Missouri and $29,140 nationally: employers in Cape Girardeau 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 $17,000 over the median, the 25th only $10,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,935 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 Cape Girardeau, and the Missouri statewide median of $63,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Cape Girardeau

At the $58,680 median, a local hire costs about $75,716 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,036 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 Cape Girardeau

Of the 14 roles we track in Cape Girardeau, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($60,660) and executive assistants ($53,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,150.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #4 of the 14 roles we track in Cape Girardeau (-15.6%), between customer support specialists (-14.7%) and medical administrative assistants (-18.7%). The typical role here is at -22.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Cape Girardeau than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 8.9% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Cape Girardeau, 8.2% across Missouri and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $47,020 in the North Missouri nonmetro area to $68,590 in St. Louis, a gap of $21,570 a year. Of the 11 areas in Missouri with more office managers than Cape Girardeau, 6 pay less, the largest of them the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($50,620), the Central Missouri nonmetro area ($56,630) and the North Missouri nonmetro area ($47,020).

Cape Girardeau against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cape Girardeau is #474 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Missouri, Little Rock-North Little Rock and Greenville pay just above Cape Girardeau and Albany and Sumter just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Cape Girardeau. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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