Office Manager salary in the East Arkansas nonmetro area

Pay in the East Arkansas nonmetro area against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of office managers in the East Arkansas nonmetro area earns $43,150–$60,100. The top tenth earns $79,540 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($54,270) is 11% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,950 wide, against $24,470 across Arkansas and $29,140 nationally: employers in the East Arkansas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $11,420 over the median, the 25th only $5,530 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $14,735 a year in employer cost. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the East Arkansas nonmetro area, and the Arkansas statewide median of $58,100 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in the East Arkansas nonmetro area

At the $48,680 median, a local hire costs about $62,813 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,133 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 East Arkansas nonmetro area

Of the 12 roles we track in the East Arkansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($53,370) and sales development representatives ($45,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $66,540.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 12 roles we track in the East Arkansas nonmetro area (-30.0%), between recruiters (-29.7%) and payroll specialists (-32.3%). The typical role here is at -27.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 13.9% of the jobs in these 12 roles in the East Arkansas nonmetro area, 13.5% across Arkansas and 9.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $48,680 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $63,620 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $14,940 a year. All 7 areas in Arkansas with more office managers than the East Arkansas nonmetro area also pay more, among them Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($58,720) and Fayetteville-Springdale, AR ($63,620).

the East Arkansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Arkansas nonmetro area is #385 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Brownsville-Harlingen and Eagle Pass pay just above the East Arkansas nonmetro area and Beckley just below. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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