Office Manager salary in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Pay in Kennewick-Richland against Washington and the US

The middle half of office managers in Kennewick-Richland earns $62,930–$89,040. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $113,130, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $26,110 wide, against $31,410 across Washington and $29,140 nationally: employers in Kennewick-Richland pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,400 a year in pay and about $17,290 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,710 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 25th percentile and the median in Kennewick-Richland, and the Washington statewide median of $79,480 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Kennewick-Richland

At the $75,640 median, a local hire costs about $97,600 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,960 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 Kennewick-Richland

Of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($76,540) and sales development representatives ($65,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $125,940.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland (+8.8%), between medical administrative assistants (+10.6%) and payroll specialists (+7.2%). The typical role here is at +7.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kennewick-Richland, 9.4% across Washington and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $72,300 in Spokane-Spokane Valley to $81,980 in Longview-Kelso, a gap of $9,680 a year. Of the 4 areas in Washington with more office managers than Kennewick-Richland, 2 pay less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($72,300) and the Western Washington nonmetro area ($75,380).

Kennewick-Richland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kennewick-Richland is #199 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Salem and Bend pay just above Kennewick-Richland and Baltimore-Columbia and Madison just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Kennewick-Richland. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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