Office Manager salary in Dalton, GA

Pay in Dalton against Georgia and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $94,820, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Dalton earns $49,750–$75,910. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $26,160 wide, against $29,460 across Georgia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Dalton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,030 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,130, or about $18,232 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 Dalton, and the Georgia statewide median of $64,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Dalton

At the $61,780 median, a local hire costs about $79,716 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,936 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 Dalton

Of the 17 roles we track in Dalton, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($65,290) and sales development representatives ($59,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,590.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Dalton (-11.1%), between bookkeepers (-10.0%) and customer support specialists (-11.3%). The typical role here is at -12.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Dalton, 8.3% across Georgia and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 17 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $53,630 in Valdosta to $69,990 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $16,360 a year. Of the 11 areas in Georgia with more office managers than Dalton, 7 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($56,760), the North Georgia nonmetro area ($60,000) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($58,640).

Dalton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Dalton is #379 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Roanoke and Michigan City-La Porte pay just above Dalton and Decatur and Sioux City just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Dalton. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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