Office Manager salary in Florence, SC

Pay in Florence against South Carolina and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $98,690, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Florence earns $48,480–$80,060. The mean ($67,150) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $31,580 wide, wider than in South Carolina as a whole ($30,080) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Florence depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $18,310 a year in pay and about $23,626 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,270 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 Florence, and the South Carolina statewide median of $62,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Florence

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 $17,927 to the $61,750 median and brings it to $79,677 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 Florence

Of the 14 roles we track in Florence, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($72,040) and recruiters ($61,300). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,400.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in Florence (-11.2%), between payroll specialists (-11.0%) and administrative assistants (-11.3%). The typical role here is at -15.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Florence than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Florence, 10.8% across South Carolina and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $58,590 in Sumter to $65,910 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $7,320 a year. Of the 5 areas in South Carolina with more office managers than Florence, 1 pays less: Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($59,370).

Florence against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Florence is #237 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Traverse City and Sioux City pay just above Florence and Baton Rouge and Columbia just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Florence. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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