Office Manager salary in Pueblo, CO

Pay in Pueblo against Colorado and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $97,760, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Pueblo earns $58,150–$80,770. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $22,620 wide, against $33,740 across Colorado and $29,140 nationally: employers in Pueblo pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,050 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $11,570, or about $14,929 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 median and the 75th percentile in Pueblo, and the Colorado statewide median of $76,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pueblo

At the $69,200 median, a local hire costs about $89,290 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,090 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 Pueblo

Of the 16 roles we track in Pueblo, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($69,990) and recruiters ($68,830). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,870.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in Pueblo (-0.4%), between payroll specialists (+1.8%) and project coordinators (-0.4%). The typical role here is at -4.2%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Pueblo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Pueblo, 8.2% across Colorado and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $66,290 in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area to $79,450 in Boulder, a gap of $13,160 a year. Of the 9 areas in Colorado with more office managers than Pueblo, 3 pay less: the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area ($66,290), the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area ($69,140) and Grand Junction, CO ($67,240).

Pueblo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pueblo is #415 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Colorado, Appleton and Rochester pay just above Pueblo and Harrisonburg and Kahului-Wailuku just below. All four are within $570 a year of the median in Pueblo. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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