Office Manager salary in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area earns $57,510–$81,340. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $95,430, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $23,830 wide, against $29,450 across Minnesota and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Northwest Minnesota 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 $15,160 over the median, the 25th only $8,670 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,561 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 Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $76,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Minnesota 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 $19,214 to the $66,180 median and brings it to $85,394 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 Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($72,750) and marketing specialists ($64,300). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,000.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area (-4.8%), between recruiters (-4.2%) and accountants (-11.8%). The typical role here is at -1.8%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area, 7.4% across Minnesota and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $64,190 in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area to $78,410 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $14,220 a year. The one area in Minnesota with more office managers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ($78,410), also pays more.

the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area is #154 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Utica-Rome and El Centro pay just above the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area and Minot and Oshkosh-Neenah just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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