Office Manager salary in Midland, MI

Pay in Midland against Michigan and the US

The middle half of office managers in Midland earns $49,350–$79,520. The top tenth earns $95,780 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($65,560) 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 $30,170 wide, wider than in Michigan as a whole ($28,850) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Midland depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $19,320 over the median, the 25th only $10,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,929 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 Midland, and the Michigan statewide median of $64,720 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Midland

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 $17,477 to the $60,200 median and brings it to $77,677 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 Midland

Of the 13 roles we track in Midland, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($63,760) and sales development representatives ($57,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,190.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 13 roles we track in Midland (-13.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-12.0%) and sales development representatives (-17.2%). The typical role here is at -2.8%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Midland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Midland, 7.9% across Michigan and 9.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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. Of the 16 areas in Michigan with more office managers than Midland, 3 pay less: the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($57,700), the Northern Michigan nonmetro area ($59,060) and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area ($59,310).

Midland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Midland is #502 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, New Orleans-Metairie and Sebastian-Vero Beach pay just above Midland and Altoona and Jackson just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Midland. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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