Office Manager salary in Manhattan, KS

Pay in Manhattan against Kansas and the US

The middle half of office managers in Manhattan earns $50,440–$76,270. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $90,000, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $25,830 wide, against $26,610 across Kansas and $29,140 nationally: employers in Manhattan pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,740 a year in pay and about $19,019 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,090 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 Manhattan, and the Kansas statewide median of $64,000 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Manhattan

At the $61,530 median, a local hire costs about $79,394 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,864 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 Manhattan

Of the 15 roles we track in Manhattan, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($62,900) and marketing specialists ($61,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,390.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in Manhattan (-11.5%), between payroll specialists (-11.4%) and customer support specialists (-13.7%). The typical role here is at -11.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 6.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Manhattan, 7.6% across Kansas and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $60,410 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $66,470 in Lawrence, a gap of $6,060 a year. Of the 4 areas in Kansas with more office managers than Manhattan, 2 pay less: the Kansas nonmetro area ($60,410) and Topeka, KS ($61,330).

Manhattan against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Manhattan is #461 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Kansas, Gettysburg and Lincoln pay just above Manhattan and Coeur d'Alene and Canton-Massillon just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in Manhattan. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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