Office Manager salary in Killeen-Temple, TX

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

The middle half of office managers in Killeen-Temple earns $49,040–$73,880. The top tenth earns $89,290 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,840 wide, against $31,540 across Texas and $29,140 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple 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 $9,940 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 Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $64,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Killeen-Temple

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 $17,123 to the $58,980 median and brings it to $76,103 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 Killeen-Temple

Of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($58,990) and paralegals ($58,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,120.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-15.1%), between customer support specialists (-14.5%) and medical administrative assistants (-15.9%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Killeen-Temple than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 10.2% across Texas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $49,010 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $76,240 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $27,230 a year. Of the 16 areas in Texas with more office managers than Killeen-Temple, 7 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($57,930), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($55,570) and the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($58,880).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #163 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 Texas, Springfield and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton pay just above Killeen-Temple and Youngstown-Warren and Greenville just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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