Office Manager salary in Helena, MT

Pay in Helena against Montana and the US

The middle half of office managers in Helena earns $50,970–$74,120. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $90,570, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $23,150 wide, against $23,600 across Montana and $29,140 nationally: employers in Helena pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,740 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,410, or about $13,432 once benefits are added. 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 Helena, and the Montana statewide median of $62,550 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Helena

At the $63,710 median, a local hire costs about $82,206 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,496 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 Helena

Of the 14 roles we track in Helena, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between paralegals ($64,210) and executive assistants ($63,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,970.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in Helena (-8.3%), between medical administrative assistants (-5.1%) and accountants (-8.3%). The typical role here is at -2.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Helena than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Helena, 9.8% across Montana and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 8 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $59,720 in the West Montana nonmetro area to $68,620 in Bozeman, a gap of $8,900 a year. Of the 5 areas in Montana with more office managers than Helena, 4 pay less, the largest of them the West Montana nonmetro area ($59,720), Billings, MT ($63,350) and the East-Central Montana nonmetro area ($61,300).

Helena against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Helena is #476 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Montana, Cedar Rapids and Champaign-Urbana pay just above Helena and Omaha and Monroe just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Helena. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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