Office Manager salary in El Centro, CA

Pay in El Centro against California and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $94,580, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in El Centro earns $55,180–$77,400. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $22,220 wide, against $34,420 across California and $29,140 nationally: employers in El Centro pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,230 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,990, or about $14,181 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 median and the 75th percentile in El Centro, and the California statewide median of $77,590 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in El Centro

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $19,280 to the $66,410 median and brings it to $85,690 a year. 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 El Centro

Of the 16 roles we track in El Centro, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($71,970) and paralegals ($63,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $105,860.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in El Centro (-4.4%), between payroll specialists (-1.1%) and recruiters (-5.2%). The typical role here is at -0.9%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in El Centro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 13.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in El Centro, 9.0% across California and 9.1% 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. All 25 areas in California with more office managers than El Centro also pay more, among them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($77,530) and San Francisco-Oakland, CA ($88,560).

El Centro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, El Centro is #411 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside California, La Crosse-Onalaska and Ames pay just above El Centro and Utica-Rome and Minot just below. All four are within $350 a year of the median in El Centro. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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