Office Manager salary in Lubbock, TX

Pay in Lubbock against Texas and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $87,650, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Lubbock earns $46,890–$68,830. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $21,940 wide, against $31,540 across Texas and $29,140 nationally: employers in Lubbock pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,220 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,720, or about $13,832 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Lubbock, and the Texas statewide median of $64,940 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Lubbock

At the $58,110 median, a local hire costs about $74,981 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,871 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 Lubbock

Of the 17 roles we track in Lubbock, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($60,380) and marketing specialists ($52,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,110.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Lubbock (-16.4%), between administrative assistants (-14.1%) and executive assistants (-16.7%). The typical role here is at -19.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Lubbock than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lubbock, 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 8 areas in Texas with more office managers than Lubbock, 2 pay less: El Paso, TX ($57,930) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($55,570).

Lubbock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lubbock is #106 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Homosassa Springs and Gulfport-Biloxi pay just above Lubbock and Twin Falls and Mobile just below. All four are within $350 a year of the median in Lubbock. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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