Office Manager salary in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area earns $47,680–$77,730. The top tenth earns $91,260 or more, 2.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($65,260) is 8% 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 $30,050 wide, wider than in Virginia as a whole ($29,700) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,530 a year in pay and about $22,619 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,520 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 Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $67,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Virginia 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 $17,477 to the $60,200 median and brings it to $77,677 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 Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($61,990) and payroll specialists ($59,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $116,090.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area (-13.4%), between sales development representatives (-11.4%) and marketing specialists (-19.1%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, 8.4% across Virginia and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,860 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,800 in Harrisonburg, a gap of $9,940 a year. Of the 10 areas in Virginia with more office managers than the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($58,860) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($60,110).

the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area is #442 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Midland and New Orleans-Metairie pay just above the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area and Altoona and Jackson just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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