Office Manager salary in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $101,570, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area earns $58,390–$81,480. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $23,090 wide, against $34,420 across California and $29,140 nationally: employers in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $8,110 over it, while the 25th sits $14,980 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $10,465 more a year with benefits. 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 the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $77,590 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area

At the $73,370 median, a local hire costs about $94,671 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,301 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 Coast Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($74,030) and marketing specialists ($68,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,210.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area (+5.6%), between medical administrative assistants (+6.3%) and recruiters (-0.5%). The typical role here is at +5.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area, 9.0% across California and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $66,410 in El Centro to $95,010 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $28,600 a year. Of the 18 areas in California with more office managers than the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area, 5 pay less, the largest of them Fresno, CA ($71,820), Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA ($73,260) and Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($71,830).

the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area is #263 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Fairbanks-College and Ithaca pay just above the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area and Albany-Schenectady and Greeley just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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