Office Manager salary in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area earns $48,940–$73,740. The top tenth earns $90,630 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($62,820) 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 only $24,800 wide, against $28,850 across Michigan and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area 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 $16,040 over the median, the 25th only $8,760 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,697 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 the Mid Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $64,720 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area

At the $57,700 median, a local hire costs about $74,452 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,752 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 the Mid Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($64,250) and sales development representatives ($56,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,830.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area (-17.0%), between e-commerce order specialists (-16.9%) and project coordinators (-17.1%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area, 7.6% across Michigan and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $57,700 in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area to $69,520 in Lansing-East Lansing, a gap of $11,820 a year. All 4 areas in Michigan with more office managers than the Mid Michigan nonmetro area also pay more, among them Detroit-Warren, MI ($67,060) and Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($64,840).

the Mid Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Mid Michigan nonmetro area is #222 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Michigan, Mobile and Twin Falls pay just above the Mid Michigan nonmetro area and Charleston and Slidell-Mandeville just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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