Office Manager salary in Harrisonburg, VA

Pay in Harrisonburg against Virginia and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $97,110, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Harrisonburg earns $55,520–$77,790. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $22,270 wide, against $29,700 across Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Harrisonburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,990 a year in pay and about $11,600 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,280 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 Harrisonburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $67,170 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Harrisonburg

At the $68,800 median, a local hire costs about $88,774 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,974 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 Harrisonburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,530) and recruiters ($62,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,680.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in Harrisonburg (-1.0%); executive assistants come last (-26.4%). The typical role here is at -10.6%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Harrisonburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Harrisonburg, 8.3% across Virginia and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,860 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,800 in Harrisonburg, a gap of $9,940 a year. All 9 areas in Virginia with more office managers than Harrisonburg pay less, among them Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($63,970) and Richmond, VA ($64,690).

Harrisonburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Harrisonburg is #382 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Virginia, Pueblo and Appleton pay just above Harrisonburg and Kahului-Wailuku and Anchorage just below. All four are within $540 a year of the median in Harrisonburg. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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