Office Manager salary in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $91,730, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area earns $51,280–$78,670. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $27,390 wide, against $29,450 across Minnesota and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Northeast Minnesota 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 $14,480 a year in pay and about $18,684 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,910 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $76,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area

At the $64,190 median, a local hire costs about $82,826 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,636 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 Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($65,500) and marketing specialists ($61,460). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,150.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area (-7.6%), between virtual receptionists (-7.0%) and accountants (-7.7%). The typical role here is at -6.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 7.5% across Minnesota and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $64,190 in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area to $78,410 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $14,220 a year. All 8 areas in Minnesota with more office managers than the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ($78,410) and the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($66,180).

the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area is #484 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Minnesota, York-Hanover and Salisbury pay just above the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area and Birmingham and Lebanon just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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