Office Manager salary in Norwich-New London, CT

Pay in Norwich-New London against Connecticut and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $122,110 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of office managers in Norwich-New London earns $59,220–$94,470. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $35,250 wide, wider than in Connecticut as a whole ($34,700) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Norwich-New London depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,700 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,550, or about $26,516 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 25th percentile and the median in Norwich-New London, and the Connecticut statewide median of $78,200 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Norwich-New London

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 $21,461 to the $73,920 median and brings it to $95,381 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 Norwich-New London

Of the 16 roles we track in Norwich-New London, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($76,250) and sales development representatives ($63,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,800.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Norwich-New London (+6.4%), between project coordinators (+7.3%) and HR assistants (+4.8%). The typical role here is at +2.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Norwich-New London than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 15.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Norwich-New London, 13.6% across Connecticut and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $69,970 in the Connecticut nonmetro area to $79,770 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $9,800 a year. Of the 4 areas in Connecticut with more office managers than Norwich-New London, 1 pays less: Waterbury-Shelton, CT ($73,800).

Norwich-New London against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Norwich-New London is #137 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Connecticut, Milwaukee-Waukesha and Salinas pay just above Norwich-New London and Racine-Mount Pleasant and Fort Collins-Loveland just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Norwich-New London. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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