Office Manager salary in Owensboro, KY

Pay in Owensboro against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of office managers in Owensboro earns $49,870–$80,130. The top tenth earns $98,740 or more, 2.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $30,260 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($31,910) 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 $17,790 a year in pay and about $22,955 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,470 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 Owensboro, and the Kentucky statewide median of $63,180 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Owensboro

At the $62,340 median, a local hire costs about $80,439 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,099 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 Owensboro

Of the 14 roles we track in Owensboro, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,440) and executive assistants ($54,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,320.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #5 of the 14 roles we track in Owensboro (-10.3%), between bookkeepers (-8.4%) and paralegals (-15.2%). The typical role here is at -17.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Owensboro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Owensboro, 10.1% across Kentucky and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $53,000 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $67,450 in Louisville, a gap of $14,450 a year. Of the 8 areas in Kentucky with more office managers than Owensboro, 6 pay less, the largest of them Lexington-Fayette, KY ($59,300), the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($53,000) and the West Kentucky nonmetro area ($61,130).

Owensboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Owensboro is #445 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Kentucky, Spartanburg and Tulsa pay just above Owensboro and Wildwood-The Villages and Winston-Salem just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Owensboro. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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