Office Manager salary in Eau Claire, WI

Pay in Eau Claire against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of office managers in Eau Claire earns $56,810–$79,230. The top tenth earns $97,950 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $22,420 wide, against $25,660 across Wisconsin and $29,140 nationally: employers in Eau Claire pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $11,250 a year in pay and about $14,516 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,170 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 Eau Claire, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Eau Claire

At the $67,980 median, a local hire costs about $87,716 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,736 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 Eau Claire

Of the 16 roles we track in Eau Claire, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($68,510) and recruiters ($64,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,840.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in Eau Claire (-2.2%), between administrative assistants (-1.2%) and bookkeepers (-2.8%). The typical role here is at -3.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Eau Claire, 8.2% across Wisconsin and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $62,550 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $77,390 in Kenosha, a gap of $14,840 a year. Of the 8 areas in Wisconsin with more office managers than Eau Claire, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,350), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($62,550) and the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area ($66,930).

Eau Claire against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Eau Claire is #351 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 Wisconsin, Merced and Amherst Town-Northampton pay just above Eau Claire and Fargo and Albany just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in Eau Claire. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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