Office Manager salary in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY

Pay in Huntington-Ashland against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of office managers in Huntington-Ashland earns $45,710–$66,160. The top tenth earns $83,420 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 $20,450 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($19,240) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,610 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,840, or about $13,987 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Huntington-Ashland, and the West Virginia statewide median of $53,660 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Huntington-Ashland

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 $16,061 to the $55,320 median and brings it to $71,381 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 Huntington-Ashland

Of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($55,700) and paralegals ($51,880). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,590.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland (-20.4%), between administrative assistants (-19.5%) and payroll specialists (-20.9%). The typical role here is at -18.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Huntington-Ashland, 11.7% across West 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 West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $46,850 in Beckley to $59,910 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $13,060 a year. No other area in West Virginia has as many office managers, and 4 of the other 8 pay less.

Huntington-Ashland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Huntington-Ashland is #178 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Daphne-Fairhope and Sebring pay just above Huntington-Ashland and Jacksonville and Lake Havasu City-Kingman just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Huntington-Ashland. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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