Office Manager salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $98,660, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $51,650–$77,080. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $25,430 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($24,470) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,970 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,460, or about $17,368 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $58,100 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

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 $18,470 to the $63,620 median and brings it to $82,090 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($65,400) and recruiters ($58,830). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-8.5%), between accountants (-7.8%) and HR assistants (-8.7%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Fayetteville-Springdale than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 12.7% across Arkansas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $48,680 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $63,620 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $14,940 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more office managers, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($58,720), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #74 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Arkansas, Greenville-Anderson and Tampa-St. Petersburg pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Bloomington and Knoxville just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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