Office Manager salary in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, FL

Pay in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach against Florida and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $96,400, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach earns $49,660–$77,700. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,040 wide, against $28,590 across Florida and $29,140 nationally: employers in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,600 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,440, or about $19,923 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, and the Florida statewide median of $64,360 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach

At the $62,260 median, a local hire costs about $80,335 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,075 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach

Of the 17 roles we track in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($62,850) and marketing specialists ($62,180). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,180.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach (-10.4%), between payroll specialists (-7.4%) and paralegals (-11.0%). The typical role here is at -5.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, 8.1% across Florida and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $55,500 in Sebring to $71,140 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $15,640 a year. Of the 15 areas in Florida with more office managers than Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, 4 pay less, the largest of them Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($60,620), Tallahassee, FL ($59,730) and Gainesville, FL ($61,910).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach is #265 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Wichita and Farmington pay just above Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Columbia and Great Falls just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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