Office Manager salary in the East Georgia nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the East Georgia nonmetro area earns $46,940–$75,050. The top tenth earns $92,010 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,110 wide, against $29,460 across Georgia and $29,140 nationally: employers in the East Georgia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,760 a year in pay and about $21,626 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,350 in pay. 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 the East Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $64,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the East Georgia nonmetro area

At the $58,290 median, a local hire costs about $75,213 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,923 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 Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the East Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($62,750) and marketing specialists ($57,490). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,200.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in the East Georgia nonmetro area (-16.1%), between bookkeepers (-14.0%) and executive assistants (-18.1%). The typical role here is at -19.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the East Georgia nonmetro area, 8.4% across Georgia and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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 9 areas in Georgia with more office managers than the East Georgia nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Georgia nonmetro area ($56,760).

the East Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Georgia nonmetro area is #324 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 Georgia, Gulfport-Biloxi and Idaho Falls pay just above the East Georgia nonmetro area and Homosassa Springs and Lubbock just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the East Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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