Office Manager salary in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against West Virginia and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $80,520, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area earns $43,880–$62,280. The mean ($55,800) is 10% 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 only $18,400 wide, against $19,240 across West Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $11,430 over the median, the 25th only $6,970 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $14,748 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, and the West Virginia statewide median of $53,660 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northern West 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 $14,763 to the $50,850 median and brings it to $65,613 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 West Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between paralegals ($52,400) and marketing specialists ($49,090). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,940.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area (-26.8%), between executive assistants (-24.8%) and sales development representatives (-32.1%). The typical role here is at -18.0%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 12.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, 11.7% across West Virginia and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $46,850 in Beckley to $59,910 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $13,060 a year. The one area in West Virginia with more office managers, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($55,320), also pays more.

the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area is #186 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 West Virginia, Monroe and Lafayette pay just above the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area and Eagle Pass and Brownsville-Harlingen just below. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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