Office Manager salary in Greensboro-High Point, NC

Pay in Greensboro-High Point against North Carolina and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $97,410, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Greensboro-High Point earns $50,220–$78,990. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $28,770 wide, between the figure for North Carolina ($28,070) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,360 a year in pay and about $21,110 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,410 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 Greensboro-High Point, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,340 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Greensboro-High Point

At the $62,630 median, a local hire costs about $80,813 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,183 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 Greensboro-High Point

Of the 17 roles we track in Greensboro-High Point, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($66,140) and sales development representatives ($62,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,690.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Greensboro-High Point (-9.9%), between data entry specialists (-8.9%) and virtual receptionists (-10.4%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Greensboro-High Point than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Greensboro-High Point, 6.8% across North Carolina and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $54,150 in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area to $68,450 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $14,300 a year. All 3 areas in North Carolina with more office managers than Greensboro-High Point also pay more, among them Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($65,170) and Raleigh-Cary, NC ($64,550).

Greensboro-High Point against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greensboro-High Point is #94 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Gainesville and Savannah pay just above Greensboro-High Point and Augusta-Richmond County and Niles just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Greensboro-High Point. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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