Office Manager salary in Punta Gorda, FL

Pay in Punta Gorda against Florida and the US

The middle half of office managers in Punta Gorda earns $49,120–$78,350. The top tenth earns $99,230 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,230 wide, wider than in Florida as a whole ($28,590) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Punta Gorda depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,170 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,060, or about $20,723 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 Punta Gorda, and the Florida statewide median of $64,360 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Punta Gorda

At the $62,290 median, a local hire costs about $80,374 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,084 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 Punta Gorda

Of the 15 roles we track in Punta Gorda, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($62,800) and recruiters ($61,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,890.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in Punta Gorda (-10.4%), between administrative assistants (-8.1%) and accountants (-10.6%). The typical role here is at -13.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Punta Gorda, 8.2% across Florida and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $55,500 in Sebring to $71,140 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $15,640 a year. Of the 20 areas in Florida with more office managers than Punta Gorda, 9 pay less, the largest of them Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($60,620), Tallahassee, FL ($59,730) and Gainesville, FL ($61,910).

Punta Gorda against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Punta Gorda is #423 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Winston-Salem and Owensboro pay just above Punta Gorda and Farmington and Wichita just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Punta Gorda. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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