Office Manager salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Pay in Flagstaff against Arizona and the US

The middle half of office managers in Flagstaff earns $50,370–$72,070. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $80,230, 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 $21,700 wide, against $25,610 across Arizona and $29,140 nationally: employers in Flagstaff pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $10,430 a year in pay and about $13,458 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,270 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 Flagstaff, and the Arizona statewide median of $64,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Flagstaff

At the $61,640 median, a local hire costs about $79,535 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,895 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 Flagstaff

Of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,430) and marketing specialists ($60,530). Accountant is the highest at $77,980.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff (-11.3%), between customer support specialists (-10.4%) and executive assistants (-14.9%). The typical role here is at -7.9%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Flagstaff than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Flagstaff, 9.1% across Arizona and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $53,440 in Sierra Vista-Douglas to $65,470 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $12,030 a year. Of the 4 areas in Arizona with more office managers than Flagstaff, 3 pay less: Tucson, AZ ($59,440), the Arizona nonmetro area ($57,830) and Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ ($60,800).

Flagstaff against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Flagstaff is #347 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arizona, Columbia and Baton Rouge pay just above Flagstaff and Muskegon-Norton Shores and Clarksville just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Flagstaff. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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