Office Manager salary in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC

Pay in Pinehurst-Southern Pines against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of office managers in Pinehurst-Southern Pines earns $45,550–$65,160. The top tenth earns $84,990 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $19,610 wide, against $28,070 across North Carolina and $29,140 nationally: employers in Pinehurst-Southern Pines pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $9,650 a year in pay and about $12,452 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $9,960 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,340 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Pinehurst-Southern Pines

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 $16,116 to the $55,510 median and brings it to $71,626 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines

Of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($57,260) and executive assistants ($54,890). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,280.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines (-20.1%), between marketing specialists (-18.6%) and paralegals (-21.4%). The typical role here is at -17.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 6.9% of the jobs in the 13 of these roles with a job count in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 7.1% across North Carolina and 9.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $54,150 in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area to $68,450 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $14,300 a year. Of the 16 areas in North Carolina with more office managers than Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 2 pay less: the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($54,150) and Jacksonville, NC ($55,130).

Pinehurst-Southern Pines against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pinehurst-Southern Pines is #483 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Jefferson City and McAllen-Edinburg pay just above Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Sebring and Daphne-Fairhope just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Pinehurst-Southern Pines. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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