Office Manager salary in the Central East New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Central East New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Central East New York nonmetro area earns $56,330–$81,070. The top tenth earns $100,190 or more, 2.2 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 $24,740 wide, against $35,430 across New York and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Central East New York nonmetro area 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 $15,280 over the median, the 25th only $9,460 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,716 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 the Central East New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $79,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central East New York nonmetro area

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 $19,100 to the $65,790 median and brings it to $84,890 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 the Central East New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central East New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($67,010) and marketing specialists ($65,440). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,610.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the Central East New York nonmetro area (-5.3%), between HR assistants (-5.0%) and executive assistants (-11.8%). The typical role here is at -3.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 8.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central East New York nonmetro area, 7.6% across New York and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $60,750 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $80,760 in New York-Newark, a gap of $20,010 a year. All 6 areas in New York with more office managers than the Central East New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($80,760) and Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($70,000).

the Central East New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central East New York nonmetro area is #200 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Harrisburg-Carlisle and Duluth pay just above the Central East New York nonmetro area and Allentown-Bethlehem and Santa Fe just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Central East New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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