Office Manager salary in Decatur, AL

Pay in Decatur against Alabama and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $95,060, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Decatur earns $47,310–$76,660. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,350 wide, wider than in Alabama as a whole ($28,810) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Decatur depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,410 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,940, or about $20,568 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 Decatur, and the Alabama statewide median of $60,360 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Decatur

At the $60,720 median, a local hire costs about $78,348 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,628 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 Decatur

Of the 15 roles we track in Decatur, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,030) and marketing specialists ($56,450). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,140.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in Decatur (-12.6%), between data entry specialists (-12.5%) and accountants (-13.9%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Decatur, 9.3% across Alabama and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $52,750 in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area to $64,170 in Birmingham, a gap of $11,420 a year. Of the 12 areas in Alabama with more office managers than Decatur, 10 pay less, the largest of them Mobile, AL ($57,760), Montgomery, AL ($60,100) and the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($52,750).

Decatur against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Decatur is #398 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Alabama, Watertown-Fort Drum and Grand Island pay just above Decatur and Rapid City and Kingsport-Bristol just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Decatur. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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