Office Manager salary in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $88,480, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $47,620–$75,920. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $28,300 wide, between the figure for Pennsylvania ($26,370) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,700 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,600, or about $21,419 once benefits are added. 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $65,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $59,320 median, a local hire costs about $76,542 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,222 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($60,510) and sales development representatives ($56,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,830.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-14.6%), between customer support specialists (-14.3%) and bookkeepers (-14.8%). The typical role here is at -14.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 9.9% across Pennsylvania and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $58,510 in Johnstown to $72,700 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $14,190 a year. Of the 11 areas in Pennsylvania with more office managers than the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($59,140).

the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #211 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 Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown and Myrtle Beach-Conway pay just above the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Auburn-Opelika and Sherman-Denison just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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