Office Manager salary in Louisville, KY-IN

Pay in Louisville against Kentucky and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $102,140, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Louisville earns $53,420–$83,070. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,650 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($31,910) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,620 a year in pay and about $20,155 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,030 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 Louisville, and the Kentucky statewide median of $63,180 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Louisville

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 $19,582 to the $67,450 median and brings it to $87,032 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 Louisville

Of the 17 roles we track in Louisville, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($71,880) and executive assistants ($63,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,660.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Louisville (-2.9%), between paralegals (-2.6%) and medical administrative assistants (-3.3%). The typical role here is at -5.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Louisville, 9.9% across Kentucky and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $53,000 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $67,450 in Louisville, a gap of $14,450 a year. No other area in Kentucky has as many office managers, and all 9 others pay less.

Louisville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Louisville is #46 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 Kentucky, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Lafayette-West Lafayette pay just above Louisville and Sioux Falls and Grand Junction just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in Louisville. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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