Office Manager salary in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $88,100, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $41,600–$69,890. The mean ($58,150) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $28,290 wide, between the figure for Mississippi ($27,720) 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 $16,350 a year in pay and about $21,097 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,940 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 the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $58,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

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 $15,544 to the $53,540 median and brings it to $69,084 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 the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($58,210) and marketing specialists ($51,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,960.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area (-23.0%), between virtual receptionists (-22.5%) and recruiters (-23.3%). The typical role here is at -23.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 15.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $53,540 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area to $60,100 in Jackson, a gap of $6,560 a year. All 3 areas in Mississippi with more office managers than the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area also pay more, among them Jackson, MS ($60,100) and the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($59,180).

the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area is #167 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 Mississippi, Valdosta and Lawton pay just above the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area and Sierra Vista-Douglas and Shreveport-Bossier City just below. All four are within $970 a year of the median in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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