Office Manager salary in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $102,490, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area earns $59,610–$88,480. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,870 wide, against $31,410 across Washington and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Eastern Washington 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 $15,100 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,770, or about $17,768 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 Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $79,480 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

At the $74,710 median, a local hire costs about $96,400 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,690 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 Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($77,520) and marketing specialists ($71,880). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,780.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area (+7.5%), between customer support specialists (+8.4%) and medical administrative assistants (+7.0%). The typical role here is at +4.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, 9.4% across Washington and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $72,300 in Spokane-Spokane Valley to $81,980 in Longview-Kelso, a gap of $9,680 a year. Of the 5 areas in Washington with more office managers than the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($72,300).

the Eastern Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Washington nonmetro area is #259 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 Washington, Manchester-Nashua and Elkhart-Goshen pay just above the Eastern Washington nonmetro area and Indianapolis-Carmel and Providence-Warwick just below. All four are within $470 a year of the median in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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