Office Manager salary in Jackson, MS

Pay in Jackson against Mississippi and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $99,170 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of office managers in Jackson earns $46,790–$77,500. The mean ($65,480) is 9% 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 $30,710 wide, wider than in Mississippi as a whole ($27,720) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Jackson depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,310 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,400, or about $22,452 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 Jackson, and the Mississippi statewide median of $58,380 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Jackson

At the $60,100 median, a local hire costs about $77,548 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,448 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 Jackson

Of the 17 roles we track in Jackson, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($60,310) and executive assistants ($52,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,150.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Jackson (-13.5%), between bookkeepers (-13.3%) and customer support specialists (-15.5%). The typical role here is at -17.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Jackson than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Jackson and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $53,540 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area to $60,100 in Jackson, a gap of $6,560 a year. No other area in Mississippi has as many office managers, and all 6 others pay less.

Jackson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jackson is #81 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Mississippi, Altoona and Midland pay just above Jackson and Montgomery and Kankakee just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Jackson. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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