Office Manager salary in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area against Alabama and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $83,820, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area earns $43,060–$69,970. The mean ($58,140) is 10% 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 only $26,910 wide, against $28,810 across Alabama and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $17,220 over the median, the 25th only $9,690 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,219 a year in employer cost. 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 Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, and the Alabama statewide median of $60,360 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Alabama 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 $15,315 to the $52,750 median and brings it to $68,065 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 Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($54,460) and sales development representatives ($49,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,730.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area (-24.1%), between executive assistants (-23.6%) and medical administrative assistants (-24.5%). The typical role here is at -22.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, 9.3% across Alabama and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $52,750 in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area to $64,170 in Birmingham, a gap of $11,420 a year. All 4 areas in Alabama with more office managers than the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area also pay more, among them Birmingham, AL ($64,170) and Huntsville, AL ($62,950).

the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area is #234 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 Alabama, Alexandria and Hot Springs pay just above the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area and Wheeling and Jonesboro just below. All four are within $960 a year of the median in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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