Office Manager salary in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area earns $49,490–$75,640. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $85,110, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($62,560) is 8% 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 $26,150 wide, between the figure for Nebraska ($24,890) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $17,740 over the median, the 25th only $8,410 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,890 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 Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $61,980 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area

At the $57,900 median, a local hire costs about $74,710 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,810 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 Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($61,560) and sales development representatives ($54,870). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,600.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area (-16.7%), between customer support specialists (-10.2%) and bookkeepers (-16.8%). The typical role here is at -16.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area, 10.1% across Nebraska and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $57,900 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $63,700 in Omaha, a gap of $5,800 a year. All 4 areas in Nebraska with more office managers than the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area also pay more, among them Omaha, NE-IA ($63,700) and Lincoln, NE ($61,590).

the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area is #472 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Nebraska, El Paso and Lubbock pay just above the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area and Twin Falls and Mobile just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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