Office Manager salary in Manchester-Nashua, NH

Pay in Manchester-Nashua against New Hampshire and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $109,220, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Manchester-Nashua earns $58,050–$92,680. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $34,630 wide, wider than in New Hampshire as a whole ($31,550) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Manchester-Nashua depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,710 a year in pay and about $22,852 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,920 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 25th percentile and the median in Manchester-Nashua, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $73,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Manchester-Nashua

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 $21,765 to the $74,970 median and brings it to $96,735 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 Manchester-Nashua

Of the 17 roles we track in Manchester-Nashua, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($83,660) and recruiters ($74,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,180.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Manchester-Nashua (+7.9%), between customer support specialists (+10.9%) and payroll specialists (+6.5%). The typical role here is at -0.0%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Manchester-Nashua than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Manchester-Nashua, 10.2% across New Hampshire and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $65,170 in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $74,970 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $9,800 a year. No other area in New Hampshire has as many office managers, and all 3 others pay less.

Manchester-Nashua against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Manchester-Nashua is #97 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside New Hampshire, Elkhart-Goshen and Madison pay just above Manchester-Nashua and Indianapolis-Carmel and Providence-Warwick just below. All four are within $500 a year of the median in Manchester-Nashua. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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