Office Manager salary in Greenville, NC

Pay in Greenville against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of office managers in Greenville earns $47,700–$75,680. The top tenth earns $87,820 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 $27,980 wide, against $28,070 across North Carolina and $29,140 nationally: employers in Greenville 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 $16,830 over the median, the 25th only $11,150 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,716 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 Greenville, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,340 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Greenville

At the $58,850 median, a local hire costs about $75,935 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,085 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 Greenville

Of the 16 roles we track in Greenville, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($63,270) and sales development representatives ($56,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,540.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Greenville (-15.3%), between medical administrative assistants (-13.0%) and executive assistants (-17.4%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Greenville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 6.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Greenville, 6.9% 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. Of the 12 areas in North Carolina with more office managers than Greenville, 3 pay less: the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($58,020), the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($54,150) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($58,240).

Greenville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greenville is #389 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Youngstown-Warren and Killeen-Temple pay just above Greenville and Little Rock-North Little Rock and Cape Girardeau just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Greenville. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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