Office Manager salary in Fargo, ND-MN

Pay in Fargo against North Dakota and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $99,360, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Fargo earns $55,460–$83,130. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $27,670 wide, against $31,260 across North Dakota and $29,140 nationally: employers in Fargo pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,380 a year in pay and about $19,845 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,290 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 Fargo, and the North Dakota statewide median of $68,720 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fargo

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 $19,669 to the $67,750 median and brings it to $87,419 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 Fargo

Of the 15 roles we track in Fargo, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between accountants ($76,420) and executive assistants ($65,090). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,430.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in Fargo (-2.5%), between HR assistants (-1.8%) and project coordinators (-4.8%). The typical role here is at -2.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Fargo, 5.4% across North Dakota and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $61,530 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $74,270 in Bismarck, a gap of $12,740 a year. No other area in North Dakota has as many office managers, and 2 of the other 5 pay less.

Fargo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fargo is #274 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Eau Claire and Merced pay just above Fargo and Albany and Lafayette-West Lafayette just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in Fargo. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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