Office Manager salary in the Kansas nonmetro area

Pay in the Kansas nonmetro area against Kansas and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $95,360, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Kansas nonmetro area earns $49,350–$75,310. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $25,960 wide, against $26,610 across Kansas and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Kansas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,900 a year in pay and about $19,226 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,060 in pay. 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 Kansas nonmetro area, and the Kansas statewide median of $64,000 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Kansas nonmetro area

At the $60,410 median, a local hire costs about $77,948 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,538 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 the Kansas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($61,010) and executive assistants ($60,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,010.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area (-13.1%), between HR assistants (-12.8%) and medical administrative assistants (-16.9%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Kansas nonmetro area, 7.6% across Kansas and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $60,410 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $66,470 in Lawrence, a gap of $6,060 a year. No other area in Kansas has as many office managers, and none of the others pays less.

the Kansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Kansas nonmetro area is #77 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 Kansas, Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Wilmington pay just above the Kansas nonmetro area and Muncie and Macon-Bibb County just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the Kansas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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