Office Manager salary in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area against Wisconsin and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $91,940, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $49,060–$78,080. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,020 wide, between the figure for Wisconsin ($25,660) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,490 a year in pay and about $19,987 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,530 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 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Wisconsin 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 $18,171 to the $62,590 median and brings it to $80,761 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 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($64,050) and sales development representatives ($57,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,170.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area (-9.9%), between data entry specialists (-8.2%) and accountants (-11.3%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area, 8.3% across Wisconsin and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $62,550 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $77,390 in Kenosha, a gap of $14,840 a year. Of the 16 areas in Wisconsin with more office managers than the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($62,550).

the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area is #473 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Wisconsin, Augusta-Richmond County and Greensboro-High Point pay just above the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area and Niles and Lynchburg just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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