Office Manager salary in the East Kentucky nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $85,010, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the East Kentucky nonmetro area earns $43,870–$68,270. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,400 wide, against $31,910 across Kentucky and $29,140 nationally: employers in the East Kentucky 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 $13,370 a year in pay and about $17,252 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,030 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the East Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $63,180 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 Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $15,939 to the $54,900 median and brings it to $70,839 a year. 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 Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the East Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($64,450) and executive assistants ($54,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,100.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in the East Kentucky nonmetro area (-21.0%), between customer support specialists (-20.6%) and virtual receptionists (-22.0%). The typical role here is at -22.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the East Kentucky nonmetro area, 9.9% across Kentucky and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $53,000 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $67,450 in Louisville, a gap of $14,450 a year. Of the 5 areas in Kentucky with more office managers than the East Kentucky nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($53,000).

the East Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Kentucky nonmetro area is #253 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 Kentucky, Lake Charles and Victoria pay just above the East Kentucky nonmetro area and Anniston-Oxford and Gadsden just below. All four are within $390 a year of the median in the East Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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