Office Manager salary in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Pay in Hagerstown-Martinsburg against Maryland and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $85,110, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Hagerstown-Martinsburg earns $47,680–$75,780. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,100 wide, against $30,240 across Maryland and $29,140 nationally: employers in Hagerstown-Martinsburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,790 a year in pay and about $20,374 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,310 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, and the Maryland statewide median of $74,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Hagerstown-Martinsburg

At the $59,990 median, a local hire costs about $77,406 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,416 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between paralegals ($63,290) and payroll specialists ($58,690). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,600.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Hagerstown-Martinsburg (-13.7%), between project coordinators (-13.4%) and customer support specialists (-14.7%). The typical role here is at -9.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Hagerstown-Martinsburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.4% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, 9.1% across Maryland and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $59,990 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg to $75,590 in Baltimore-Columbia, a gap of $15,600 a year. The one area in Maryland with more office managers, Baltimore-Columbia, MD ($75,590), also pays more.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hagerstown-Martinsburg is #208 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Maryland, Kankakee and Montgomery pay just above Hagerstown-Martinsburg and Waco and Amarillo just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Hagerstown-Martinsburg. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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