Office Manager salary in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV

Pay in Parkersburg-Vienna against West Virginia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $93,610 or more, 2.5 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 Parkersburg-Vienna earns $45,140–$68,120. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $22,980 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($19,240) 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 $11,320 a year in pay and about $14,606 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,660 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Parkersburg-Vienna, and the West Virginia statewide median of $53,660 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Parkersburg-Vienna

At the $56,800 median, a local hire costs about $73,290 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,490 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 Parkersburg-Vienna

Of the 13 roles we track in Parkersburg-Vienna, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between paralegals ($76,400) and HR assistants ($50,140). Accountant is the highest at $100,420.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 13 roles we track in Parkersburg-Vienna (-18.3%), between administrative assistants (-17.8%) and sales development representatives (-29.3%). The typical role here is at -16.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.7% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Parkersburg-Vienna, 12.2% across West Virginia and 9.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $46,850 in Beckley to $59,910 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $13,060 a year. Of the 8 areas in West Virginia with more office managers than Parkersburg-Vienna, 6 pay less, the largest of them Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($55,320), the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($50,850) and the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area ($47,260).

Parkersburg-Vienna against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Parkersburg-Vienna is #471 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Joplin and Texarkana pay just above Parkersburg-Vienna and Dothan and Yuma just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Parkersburg-Vienna. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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