Office Manager salary in Fond du Lac, WI

Pay in Fond du Lac against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of office managers in Fond du Lac earns $59,250–$80,200. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $97,480, only 2.1 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 $20,950 wide, against $25,660 across Wisconsin and $29,140 nationally: employers in Fond du Lac pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,950 a year in pay and about $11,548 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,000 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 25th percentile and the median in Fond du Lac, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fond du Lac

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 $20,685 to the $71,250 median and brings it to $91,935 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 Fond du Lac

Of the 14 roles we track in Fond du Lac, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($72,610) and executive assistants ($64,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,210.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #4 of the 14 roles we track in Fond du Lac (+2.5%), between medical administrative assistants (+2.6%) and bookkeepers (-1.9%). The typical role here is at -5.5%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Fond du Lac than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Fond du Lac, 8.3% across Wisconsin and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $62,550 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $77,390 in Kenosha, a gap of $14,840 a year. Of the 15 areas in Wisconsin with more office managers than Fond du Lac, 10 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,350), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($62,550) and Green Bay, WI ($71,130).

Fond du Lac against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fond du Lac is #464 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Memphis and Mankato pay just above Fond du Lac and Naples-Marco Island and Fort Wayne just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Fond du Lac. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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