Office Manager salary in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $48,560–$79,000. The top tenth earns $99,260 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $30,440 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($31,910) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,990 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,450, or about $19,935 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 the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $63,180 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $63,550 median, a local hire costs about $82,000 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,450 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 the Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,900) and executive assistants ($57,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,260.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-8.6%), between administrative assistants (-5.9%) and HR assistants (-9.0%). The typical role here is at -16.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 9.9% across Kentucky and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $53,000 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $67,450 in Louisville, a gap of $14,450 a year. Of the 3 areas in Kentucky with more office managers than the Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Lexington-Fayette, KY ($59,300) and the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($53,000).

the Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #142 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Logan and Lakeland-Winter Haven pay just above the Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Charlottesville and Casper just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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