Office Manager salary in Clarksville, TN-KY

Pay in Clarksville against Tennessee and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $98,450 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of office managers in Clarksville earns $48,060–$77,820. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,760 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($32,470) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,560 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,200, or about $20,903 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 Clarksville, and the Tennessee statewide median of $66,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Clarksville

At the $61,620 median, a local hire costs about $79,510 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,890 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 Clarksville

Of the 17 roles we track in Clarksville, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($65,680) and executive assistants ($60,430). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,660.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Clarksville (-11.3%), between paralegals (-10.9%) and HR assistants (-11.8%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 13.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Clarksville, 13.7% across Tennessee and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $59,040 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $73,060 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $14,020 a year. Of the 8 areas in Tennessee with more office managers than Clarksville, 4 pay less, the largest of them Johnson City, TN ($59,420), Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA ($60,690) and the West Tennessee nonmetro area ($60,990).

Clarksville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Clarksville is #181 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Muskegon-Norton Shores and Flagstaff pay just above Clarksville and Lincoln and Gettysburg just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Clarksville. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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