Office Manager salary in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area

Pay in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area against Tennessee and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $96,930, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area earns $47,560–$76,760. The mean ($64,910) 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 $29,200 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($32,470) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,050 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,150, or about $22,129 once benefits are added. 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 North Central Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $66,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area

At the $59,610 median, a local hire costs about $76,916 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,306 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 North Central Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($60,710) and executive assistants ($55,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,470.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area (-14.2%), between customer support specialists (-13.4%) and payroll specialists (-15.4%). The typical role here is at -18.9%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area, 13.7% across Tennessee and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $59,040 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $73,060 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $14,020 a year. Of the 7 areas in Tennessee with more office managers than the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Johnson City, TN ($59,420).

the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area is #177 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Tallahassee and Corpus Christi pay just above the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area and Hinesville and Tucson just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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