Office Manager salary in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $46,800–$75,560. The top tenth earns $91,500 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,760 wide, against $30,080 across South Carolina and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,300 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,460, or about $21,239 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 South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $62,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $59,100 median, a local hire costs about $76,258 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,158 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 South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,400) and executive assistants ($57,450). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,840.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area (-15.0%), between payroll specialists (-14.8%) and recruiters (-17.8%). The typical role here is at -18.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, 10.7% across South Carolina and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $58,590 in Sumter to $65,910 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $7,320 a year. Of the 8 areas in South Carolina with more office managers than the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC ($59,090).

the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area is #298 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 South Carolina, Rocky Mount and Cleveland pay just above the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area and Springfield and Killeen-Temple just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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