Office Manager salary in Gainesville, GA

Pay in Gainesville against Georgia and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $102,350, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Gainesville earns $52,910–$81,140. The mean ($70,370) is 12% 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 only $28,230 wide, against $29,460 across Georgia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Gainesville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $18,380 over the median, the 25th only $9,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,716 a year in employer cost. 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 Gainesville, and the Georgia statewide median of $64,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gainesville

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 $18,221 to the $62,760 median and brings it to $80,981 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 Gainesville

Of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,330) and sales development representatives ($57,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,970.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville (-9.7%), between bookkeepers (-4.4%) and accountants (-10.1%). The typical role here is at -10.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 8.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gainesville, 8.3% across Georgia and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 17 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $53,630 in Valdosta to $69,990 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $16,360 a year. Of the 8 areas in Georgia with more office managers than Gainesville, 6 pay less, the largest of them Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($62,610), the South Georgia nonmetro area ($56,760) and the North Georgia nonmetro area ($60,000).

Gainesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gainesville is #305 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Winchester pay just above Gainesville and Greensboro-High Point and Niles just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Gainesville. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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