Office Manager salary in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $88,770, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area earns $47,830–$78,140. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $30,310 wide, wider than in Virginia as a whole ($29,700) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,850 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,460, or about $22,529 once benefits are added. 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 Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $67,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area

At the $60,680 median, a local hire costs about $78,297 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,617 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 Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($70,020) and executive assistants ($59,650). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,120.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area (-12.7%), between payroll specialists (-12.6%) and project coordinators (-13.9%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, 8.3% across 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 Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,860 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,800 in Harrisonburg, a gap of $9,940 a year. Of the 8 areas in Virginia with more office managers than the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($58,860) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($60,110).

the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area is #372 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Kingsport-Bristol and Rapid City pay just above the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area and Deltona-Daytona Beach and Springfield just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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