Office Manager salary in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against Iowa and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $94,710, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area earns $49,270–$74,990. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $25,720 wide, against $29,000 across Iowa and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $12,450 a year in pay and about $16,065 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,270 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 Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, and the Iowa statewide median of $64,400 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

At the $62,540 median, a local hire costs about $80,697 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,157 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 Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,250) and marketing specialists ($56,920). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,210.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area (-10.0%), between payroll specialists (-9.0%) and medical administrative assistants (-14.4%). The typical role here is at -10.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 8.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, 7.5% across Iowa and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $57,940 in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area to $71,690 in Des Moines-West Des Moines, a gap of $13,750 a year. Of the 4 areas in Iowa with more office managers than the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area ($62,440).

the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area is #293 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Lynchburg and Niles pay just above the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area and Las Vegas-Henderson and St. George just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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