Office Manager salary in Jonesboro, AR

Pay in Jonesboro against Arkansas and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $80,540, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Jonesboro earns $44,990–$64,560. The mean ($56,980) 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 $19,570 wide, against $24,470 across Arkansas and $29,140 nationally: employers in Jonesboro 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 $12,770 over the median, the 25th only $6,800 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $16,477 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Jonesboro, and the Arkansas statewide median of $58,100 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Jonesboro

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 $15,036 to the $51,790 median and brings it to $66,826 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 Jonesboro

Of the 15 roles we track in Jonesboro, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($53,790) and marketing specialists ($50,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $66,430.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in Jonesboro (-25.5%), between administrative assistants (-24.5%) and paralegals (-27.6%). The typical role here is at -24.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 13.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Jonesboro, 12.9% across Arkansas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $48,680 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $63,620 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $14,940 a year. Of the 6 areas in Arkansas with more office managers than Jonesboro, 3 pay less: the North Arkansas nonmetro area ($50,800), the South Arkansas nonmetro area ($51,100) and the West Arkansas nonmetro area ($49,180).

Jonesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jonesboro is #373 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 Arkansas, Wheeling and Alexandria pay just above Jonesboro and Lafayette and Monroe just below. All four are within $990 a year of the median in Jonesboro. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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