Office Manager salary in Lynchburg, VA

Pay in Lynchburg against Virginia and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $99,610, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Lynchburg earns $52,100–$79,990. The mean ($67,680) is 8% 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 only $27,890 wide, against $29,700 across Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Lynchburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $17,430 over the median, the 25th only $10,460 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,490 a year in employer cost. 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 Lynchburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $67,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lynchburg

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 $18,163 to the $62,560 median and brings it to $80,723 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 Lynchburg

Of the 17 roles we track in Lynchburg, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($69,490) and executive assistants ($61,920). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,690.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Lynchburg (-10.0%), between recruiters (-8.5%) and virtual receptionists (-10.7%). The typical role here is at -10.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lynchburg, 8.2% across Virginia and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,860 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,800 in Harrisonburg, a gap of $9,940 a year. Of the 6 areas in Virginia with more office managers than Lynchburg, 3 pay less: Roanoke, VA ($61,800), the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($58,860) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($60,110).

Lynchburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lynchburg is #300 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Niles and Augusta-Richmond County pay just above Lynchburg and Las Vegas-Henderson and St. George just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Lynchburg. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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