Office Manager salary in the Central Oregon nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Central Oregon nonmetro area earns $57,210–$79,600. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $91,170, only 1.9 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 $22,390 wide, against $24,620 across Oregon and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Central Oregon nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,080 a year in pay and about $16,877 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $9,310 in pay. 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 Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $74,300 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Oregon nonmetro area

At the $66,520 median, a local hire costs about $85,832 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,312 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 Oregon nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Central Oregon nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($66,710) and paralegals ($61,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,280.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in the Central Oregon nonmetro area (-4.3%), between project coordinators (-3.0%) and accountants (-6.0%). The typical role here is at -5.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 8.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Central Oregon nonmetro area, 6.4% across Oregon and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $64,990 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $76,380 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $11,390 a year. Of the 7 areas in Oregon with more office managers than the Central Oregon nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Coast Oregon nonmetro area ($64,990) and Medford, OR ($65,730).

the Central Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Oregon nonmetro area is #457 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Oregon, Reading and Glens Falls pay just above the Central Oregon nonmetro area and Lawrence and Iowa City just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Central Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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