Office Manager salary in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $57,230–$83,200. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $99,880, only 2.1 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 $25,970 wide, against $31,550 across New Hampshire and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Central New Hampshire 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 $16,270 over the median, the 25th only $9,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,994 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 New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $73,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central New Hampshire 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 $19,431 to the $66,930 median and brings it to $86,361 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 New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($67,750) and recruiters ($66,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,560.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area (-3.7%), between virtual receptionists (-2.3%) and accountants (-7.1%). The typical role here is at -1.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, 10.2% across New Hampshire and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $65,170 in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $74,970 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $9,800 a year. The one area in New Hampshire with more office managers, Manchester-Nashua, NH ($74,970), also pays more.

the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area is #236 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Hampshire, Columbus and Detroit-Warren pay just above the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area and Kingston and Kansas City just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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