Office Manager salary in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $99,990, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area earns $50,140–$80,830. The mean ($67,650) is 9% 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 $30,690 wide, wider than in Indiana as a whole ($29,190) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $18,710 over the median, the 25th only $11,980 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,142 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $69,490 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Indiana 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 $18,035 to the $62,120 median and brings it to $80,155 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,530) and marketing specialists ($60,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,740.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area (-10.6%), between virtual receptionists (-7.9%) and accountants (-12.1%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 8.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, 8.2% across Indiana and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $60,400 in Muncie to $75,180 in Elkhart-Goshen, a gap of $14,780 a year. All 2 areas in Indiana with more office managers than the Northern Indiana nonmetro area also pay more, among them Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($74,680) and Fort Wayne, IN ($71,100).

the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Indiana nonmetro area is #203 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Columbia and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach pay just above the Northern Indiana nonmetro area and Great Falls and Gainesville just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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