Office Manager salary in Elkhart-Goshen, IN

Pay in Elkhart-Goshen against Indiana and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $111,370, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Elkhart-Goshen earns $60,060–$95,450. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $35,390 wide, wider than in Indiana as a whole ($29,190) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Elkhart-Goshen depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,120 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,270, or about $26,155 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 Elkhart-Goshen, and the Indiana statewide median of $69,490 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Elkhart-Goshen

At the $75,180 median, a local hire costs about $97,006 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,826 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 Elkhart-Goshen

Of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($77,420) and marketing specialists ($65,240). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,640.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen (+8.2%); paralegals come last (-23.0%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Elkhart-Goshen than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Elkhart-Goshen, 8.2% across Indiana and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $60,400 in Muncie to $75,180 in Elkhart-Goshen, a gap of $14,780 a year. All 8 areas in Indiana with more office managers than Elkhart-Goshen pay less, among them Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($74,680) and Fort Wayne, IN ($71,100).

Elkhart-Goshen against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Elkhart-Goshen is #323 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 Indiana, Madison and Baltimore-Columbia pay just above Elkhart-Goshen and Manchester-Nashua and Providence-Warwick just below. All four are within $710 a year of the median in Elkhart-Goshen. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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