Office Manager salary in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

Pay in Milwaukee-Waukesha against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of office managers in Milwaukee-Waukesha earns $60,010–$89,270. The top tenth earns $108,070 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,260 wide, wider than in Wisconsin as a whole ($25,660) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Milwaukee-Waukesha depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,300 a year in pay and about $19,742 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,960 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Milwaukee-Waukesha

At the $73,970 median, a local hire costs about $95,445 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,475 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha

Of the 17 roles we track in Milwaukee-Waukesha, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($74,240) and marketing specialists ($73,880). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,350.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Milwaukee-Waukesha (+6.4%), between customer support specialists (+6.9%) and medical administrative assistants (+5.7%). The typical role here is at -1.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Milwaukee-Waukesha than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Milwaukee-Waukesha, 8.2% across Wisconsin and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $62,550 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $77,390 in Kenosha, a gap of $14,840 a year. No other area in Wisconsin has as many office managers, and 14 of the other 16 pay less.

Milwaukee-Waukesha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Milwaukee-Waukesha is #47 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Wisconsin, Salinas and Stockton-Lodi pay just above Milwaukee-Waukesha and Norwich-New London and Waterbury-Shelton just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Milwaukee-Waukesha. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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