Office Manager salary in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $102,100, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area earns $55,040–$81,570. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $26,530 wide, against $34,420 across California and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,540 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $11,990, or about $15,471 once benefits are added. 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 Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $77,590 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

At the $69,580 median, a local hire costs about $89,781 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,201 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 Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($75,700) and marketing specialists ($64,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,670.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area (+0.1%), between bookkeepers (+0.5%) and recruiters (-0.1%). The typical role here is at +0.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 12.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 9.2% across California and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $66,410 in El Centro to $95,010 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $28,600 a year. Of the 24 areas in California with more office managers than the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Merced, CA ($68,070).

the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area is #386 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Grants Pass and Burlington-South Burlington pay just above the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area and Lansing-East Lansing and Rochester just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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