Office Manager salary in Lawrence, KS

Pay in Lawrence against Kansas and the US

The middle half of office managers in Lawrence earns $57,190–$79,000. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,430, 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 $21,810 wide, against $26,610 across Kansas and $29,140 nationally: employers in Lawrence pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,280 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $12,530, or about $16,168 once benefits are added. 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 Lawrence, and the Kansas statewide median of $64,000 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Lawrence

At the $66,470 median, a local hire costs about $85,768 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,298 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 Lawrence

Of the 13 roles we track in Lawrence, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($67,060) and recruiters ($64,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,420.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #3 of the 13 roles we track in Lawrence (-4.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-4.2%) and bookkeepers (-4.7%). The typical role here is at -8.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Lawrence than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Lawrence, 7.7% across Kansas and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. All 3 areas in Kansas with more office managers than Lawrence pay less, among them the Kansas nonmetro area ($60,410) and Wichita, KS ($62,280).

Lawrence against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lawrence is #454 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Kansas, Reading and Glens Falls pay just above Lawrence and Iowa City and Ames just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Lawrence. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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