Office Manager salary in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $95,120, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area earns $48,240–$75,420. The mean ($65,150) is 11% 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 $27,180 wide, against $29,460 across Georgia and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Middle Georgia 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 $16,780 over the median, the 25th only $10,400 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,652 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 Middle Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $64,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area

At the $58,640 median, a local hire costs about $75,665 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,025 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 Middle Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($61,530) and sales development representatives ($57,150). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,400.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area (-15.6%), between e-commerce order specialists (-15.0%) and customer support specialists (-16.1%). The typical role here is at -18.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, 8.3% across Georgia and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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 5 areas in Georgia with more office managers than the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Georgia nonmetro area ($56,760).

the Middle Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Middle Georgia nonmetro area is #217 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 Georgia, Cape Girardeau and Little Rock-North Little Rock pay just above the Middle Georgia nonmetro area and Sumter and Johnstown just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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