Office Manager salary in Jefferson City, MO

Pay in Jefferson City against Missouri and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $88,900, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Jefferson City earns $46,660–$72,130. The mean ($61,320) 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 $25,470 wide, against $30,230 across Missouri and $29,140 nationally: employers in Jefferson City 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 $16,610 over the median, the 25th only $8,860 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,432 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 Jefferson City, and the Missouri statewide median of $63,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Jefferson City

At the $55,520 median, a local hire costs about $71,639 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,119 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 Jefferson City

Of the 16 roles we track in Jefferson City, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between executive assistants ($55,740) and payroll specialists ($50,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,980.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Jefferson City (-20.1%), between recruiters (-17.8%) and marketing specialists (-20.7%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Jefferson City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 7.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Jefferson City, 8.1% across Missouri and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $47,020 in the North Missouri nonmetro area to $68,590 in St. Louis, a gap of $21,570 a year. Of the 7 areas in Missouri with more office managers than Jefferson City, 2 pay less: the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($50,620) and the North Missouri nonmetro area ($47,020).

Jefferson City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jefferson City is #343 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 Missouri, McAllen-Edinburg and Hattiesburg pay just above Jefferson City and Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Sebring just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Jefferson City. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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