Office Manager salary in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Pay in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against Utah and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $101,100, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area earns $50,520–$78,660. The mean ($67,300) is 10% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,140 wide, against $30,490 across Utah and $29,140 nationally: employers in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area 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 $17,440 over the median, the 25th only $10,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,503 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 the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, and the Utah statewide median of $66,900 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $17,774 to the $61,220 median and brings it to $78,994 a year. 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 the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($62,680) and marketing specialists ($58,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,550.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area (-11.9%), between paralegals (-11.4%) and medical administrative assistants (-13.0%). The typical role here is at -10.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 12.4% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, 9.9% across Utah and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $61,220 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $71,890 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $10,670 a year. All 3 areas in Utah with more office managers than the High Desert Utah nonmetro area also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($71,890) and Provo-Orem, UT ($65,530).

the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the High Desert Utah nonmetro area is #230 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Bowling Green and Beaumont-Port Arthur pay just above the High Desert Utah nonmetro area and State College and Terre Haute just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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