Office Manager salary in the Massachusetts nonmetro area

Pay in the Massachusetts nonmetro area against Massachusetts and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $100,890, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Massachusetts nonmetro area earns $59,750–$84,330. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,580 wide, against $32,700 across Massachusetts and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Massachusetts nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,420 a year in pay and about $17,316 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,160 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 the Massachusetts nonmetro area, and the Massachusetts statewide median of $76,770 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Massachusetts nonmetro area

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 $20,587 to the $70,910 median and brings it to $91,497 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 the Massachusetts nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Massachusetts nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($72,790) and payroll specialists ($62,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,270.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 14 roles we track in the Massachusetts nonmetro area (+2.0%), between marketing specialists (+2.6%) and executive assistants (+0.2%). The typical role here is at +7.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Massachusetts nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.1% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Massachusetts nonmetro area, 8.9% across Massachusetts and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Massachusetts

Across the 7 areas of Massachusetts with data for this job, the median runs from $68,320 in Amherst Town-Northampton to $77,990 in Boston-Cambridge, a gap of $9,670 a year. Of the 6 areas in Massachusetts with more office managers than the Massachusetts nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA ($68,320) and Pittsfield, MA ($70,880).

the Massachusetts nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Massachusetts nonmetro area is #448 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Massachusetts, Yuba City and Fort Wayne pay just above the Massachusetts nonmetro area and Chico and Lexington Park just below. All four are within $660 a year of the median in the Massachusetts nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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