Office Manager salary in Fairbanks-College, AK

Pay in Fairbanks-College against Alaska and the US

The middle half of office managers in Fairbanks-College earns $60,950–$81,400. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $97,910, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $20,450 wide, against $21,150 across Alaska and $29,140 nationally: employers in Fairbanks-College pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $7,780 over it, while the 25th sits $12,670 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $10,039 more a year with benefits. 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 Fairbanks-College, and the Alaska statewide median of $69,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fairbanks-College

At the $73,620 median, a local hire costs about $94,994 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,374 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 Fairbanks-College

Of the 14 roles we track in Fairbanks-College, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($77,760) and paralegals ($71,390). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,530.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 14 roles we track in Fairbanks-College (+5.9%), between medical administrative assistants (+9.6%) and recruiters (+2.4%). The typical role here is at +1.8%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Fairbanks-College than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 16.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Fairbanks-College, 18.1% across Alaska and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alaska

Across the 3 areas of Alaska with data for this job, the median runs from $68,620 in Anchorage to $73,620 in Fairbanks-College, a gap of $5,000 a year. All 2 areas in Alaska with more office managers than Fairbanks-College pay less, among them Anchorage, AK ($68,620) and the Alaska nonmetro area ($68,900).

Fairbanks-College against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fairbanks-College is #380 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 Alaska, Riverside-San Bernardino and Ithaca pay just above Fairbanks-College and Albany-Schenectady and Greeley just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in Fairbanks-College. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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