Office Manager salary in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

The middle half of office managers in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area earns $55,920–$83,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $95,120, 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 $27,340 wide, against $34,420 across California and $29,140 nationally: employers in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,290 a year in pay and about $17,148 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,050 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 the North Valley-Northern Mountains 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 Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

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 $20,314 to the $69,970 median and brings it to $90,284 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 the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($71,200) and payroll specialists ($63,220). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,540.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area (+0.7%), between sales development representatives (+1.7%) and paralegals (-0.3%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 8.9% 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. All 17 areas in California with more office managers than the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area also pay more, among them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($77,530) and San Francisco-Oakland, CA ($88,560).

the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area is #255 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, Lewiston-Auburn and Carson City pay just above the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area and Cincinnati and Burlington-South Burlington just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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