Office Manager salary in the Connecticut nonmetro area

Pay in the Connecticut nonmetro area against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Connecticut nonmetro area earns $58,680–$85,780. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $100,890, only 2.0 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 $27,100 wide, against $34,700 across Connecticut and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Connecticut nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,290 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,810, or about $20,400 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 25th percentile and the median in the Connecticut nonmetro area, and the Connecticut statewide median of $78,200 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Connecticut nonmetro area

At the $69,970 median, a local hire costs about $90,284 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,314 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 Connecticut nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Connecticut nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($72,350) and sales development representatives ($67,830). Accountant is the highest at $90,420.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 14 roles we track in the Connecticut nonmetro area (+0.7%), between virtual receptionists (+2.6%) and recruiters (+0.4%). The typical role here is at +1.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 15.8% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Connecticut nonmetro area, 13.8% across Connecticut and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $69,970 in the Connecticut nonmetro area to $79,770 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $9,800 a year. All 5 areas in Connecticut with more office managers than the Connecticut nonmetro area also pay more, among them Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($78,740) and Bridgeport-Stamford, CT ($79,770).

the Connecticut nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Connecticut nonmetro area is #276 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Connecticut, Lewiston-Auburn and Carson City pay just above the Connecticut nonmetro area and Cincinnati and Burlington-South Burlington just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the Connecticut nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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