Office Manager salary in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Pay in Charleston-North Charleston against South Carolina and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $104,340, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Charleston-North Charleston earns $54,100–$83,530. The mean ($73,110) is 11% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,430 wide, between the figure for South Carolina ($30,080) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,810 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,620, or about $22,735 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 Charleston-North Charleston, and the South Carolina statewide median of $62,920 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Charleston-North Charleston

At the $65,910 median, a local hire costs about $85,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,135 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 Charleston-North Charleston

Of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($70,580) and marketing specialists ($65,650). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,730.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Charleston-North Charleston (-5.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-2.8%) and accountants (-5.2%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Charleston-North Charleston, 10.7% across South Carolina and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $58,590 in Sumter to $65,910 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $7,320 a year. The one area in South Carolina with more office managers, Columbia, SC ($62,230), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Charleston-North Charleston against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Charleston-North Charleston is #56 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside South Carolina, Houston-Pasadena and Oshkosh-Neenah pay just above Charleston-North Charleston and Duluth and Harrisburg-Carlisle just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Charleston-North Charleston. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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