Office Manager salary in Macon-Bibb County, GA

Pay in Macon-Bibb County against Georgia and the US

The middle half of office managers in Macon-Bibb County earns $49,090–$78,470. The top tenth earns $96,930 or more, 2.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($65,890) 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 $29,380 wide, between the figure for Georgia ($29,460) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $18,120 over the median, the 25th only $11,260 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,381 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 Macon-Bibb County, and the Georgia statewide median of $64,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Macon-Bibb County

At the $60,350 median, a local hire costs about $77,871 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,521 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 Macon-Bibb County

Of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($60,510) and recruiters ($59,190). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,420.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County (-13.2%), between data entry specialists (-11.6%) and customer support specialists (-14.4%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Macon-Bibb County than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Macon-Bibb County, 8.4% across Georgia and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 17 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $53,630 in Valdosta to $69,990 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $16,360 a year. Of the 7 areas in Georgia with more office managers than Macon-Bibb County, 4 pay less, the largest of them the South Georgia nonmetro area ($56,760), the North Georgia nonmetro area ($60,000) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($58,640).

Macon-Bibb County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Macon-Bibb County is #296 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Muncie and Waterloo-Cedar Falls pay just above Macon-Bibb County and Hickory-Lenoir and Panama City-Panama City Beach just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Macon-Bibb County. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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