Office Manager salary in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

Pay in La Crosse-Onalaska against Wisconsin and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $96,150, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in La Crosse-Onalaska earns $55,210–$78,410. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $23,200 wide, against $25,660 across Wisconsin and $29,140 nationally: employers in La Crosse-Onalaska pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $11,990 a year in pay and about $15,471 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,210 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in La Crosse-Onalaska

At the $66,420 median, a local hire costs about $85,703 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,283 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 La Crosse-Onalaska

Of the 17 roles we track in La Crosse-Onalaska, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,680) and recruiters ($65,400). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,990.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in La Crosse-Onalaska (-4.4%), between HR assistants (-3.6%) and project coordinators (-7.2%). The typical role here is at -3.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in La Crosse-Onalaska, 8.2% across Wisconsin and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $62,550 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $77,390 in Kenosha, a gap of $14,840 a year. Of the 12 areas in Wisconsin with more office managers than La Crosse-Onalaska, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,350), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($62,550) and Oshkosh-Neenah, WI ($66,040).

La Crosse-Onalaska against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, La Crosse-Onalaska is #383 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Ames and Iowa City pay just above La Crosse-Onalaska and El Centro and Utica-Rome just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in La Crosse-Onalaska. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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