Office Manager salary in the East South Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the East South Dakota nonmetro area against South Dakota and the US

The middle half of office managers in the East South Dakota nonmetro area earns $52,170–$71,890. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $83,240, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $19,720 wide, against $21,260 across South Dakota and $29,140 nationally: employers in the East South Dakota 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 $10,920 a year in pay and about $14,090 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,800 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 South Dakota nonmetro area, and the South Dakota statewide median of $62,530 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the East South Dakota nonmetro area

At the $60,970 median, a local hire costs about $78,671 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,701 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 South Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the East South Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($63,490) and sales development representatives ($59,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,850.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in the East South Dakota nonmetro area (-12.3%), between bookkeepers (-10.9%) and administrative assistants (-12.3%). The typical role here is at -12.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 3.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the East South Dakota nonmetro area, 4.0% across South Dakota and 9.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $57,240 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $67,320 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $10,080 a year. The one area in South Dakota with more office managers, Sioux Falls, SD-MN ($67,320), also pays more.

the East South Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East South Dakota nonmetro area is #453 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside South Dakota, St. Joseph and Terre Haute pay just above the East South Dakota nonmetro area and Lima and Fayetteville just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the East South Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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