Office Manager salary in Morgantown, WV

Pay in Morgantown against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of office managers in Morgantown earns $47,090–$64,100. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $78,750, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,010 wide, against $19,240 across West Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Morgantown pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,670 a year in pay and about $9,897 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $9,340 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Morgantown, and the West Virginia statewide median of $53,660 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Morgantown

At the $56,430 median, a local hire costs about $72,813 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,383 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 Morgantown

Of the 16 roles we track in Morgantown, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between paralegals ($61,840) and marketing specialists ($54,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,900.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Morgantown (-18.8%), between medical administrative assistants (-17.0%) and HR assistants (-20.1%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 12.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Morgantown, 11.7% across West Virginia and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $46,850 in Beckley to $59,910 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $13,060 a year. Of the 4 areas in West Virginia with more office managers than Morgantown, 3 pay less: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($55,320), the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($50,850) and the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area ($47,260).

Morgantown against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Morgantown is #329 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 West Virginia, Dothan and Joplin pay just above Morgantown and Yuma and Laredo just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Morgantown. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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