Office Manager salary in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Pay in Florence-Muscle Shoals against Alabama and the US

The middle half of office managers in Florence-Muscle Shoals earns $46,740–$68,350. The top tenth earns $84,620 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $21,610 wide, against $28,810 across Alabama and $29,140 nationally: employers in Florence-Muscle Shoals pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,590 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $11,020, or about $14,219 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Florence-Muscle Shoals, and the Alabama statewide median of $60,360 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Florence-Muscle Shoals

At the $57,330 median, a local hire costs about $73,974 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,644 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals

Of the 14 roles we track in Florence-Muscle Shoals, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($59,390) and marketing specialists ($51,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,950.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in Florence-Muscle Shoals (-17.5%), between customer support specialists (-16.2%) and administrative assistants (-18.3%). The typical role here is at -21.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Florence-Muscle Shoals than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Florence-Muscle Shoals, 9.4% across Alabama and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $52,750 in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area to $64,170 in Birmingham, a gap of $11,420 a year. Of the 13 areas in Alabama with more office managers than Florence-Muscle Shoals, 5 pay less, the largest of them the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($52,750), Daphne-Fairhope, AL ($55,360) and the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area ($54,890).

Florence-Muscle Shoals against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Florence-Muscle Shoals is #404 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Alabama, Paducah and Mansfield pay just above Florence-Muscle Shoals and Brunswick-St. Simons and Fort Smith just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Florence-Muscle Shoals. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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