Office Manager salary in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against Oregon and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $92,890, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area earns $58,220–$79,850. The mean ($70,970) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $21,630 wide, against $24,620 across Oregon and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $6,110 over it, while the 25th sits $15,520 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $7,884 more a year with benefits. 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 25th percentile and the median in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $74,300 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

At the $73,740 median, a local hire costs about $95,148 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,408 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 Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($79,320) and recruiters ($68,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,750.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area (+6.1%); marketing specialists come last (-18.4%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 6.5% across Oregon and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $64,990 in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area to $76,380 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $11,390 a year. Of the 6 areas in Oregon with more office managers than the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Eugene-Springfield, OR ($71,490), the Coast Oregon nonmetro area ($64,990) and Medford, OR ($65,730).

the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area is #410 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Oregon, Fort Collins-Loveland and Waterbury-Shelton pay just above the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area and Ithaca and Riverside-San Bernardino just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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