Office Manager salary in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Pay in Raleigh-Cary against North Carolina and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $100,450, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Raleigh-Cary earns $53,550–$82,730. The mean ($70,410) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,180 wide, wider than in North Carolina as a whole ($28,070) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in Raleigh-Cary depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $18,180 over the median, the 25th only $11,000 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,458 a year in employer cost. 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 Raleigh-Cary, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,340 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Raleigh-Cary

At the $64,550 median, a local hire costs about $83,290 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,740 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 Raleigh-Cary

Of the 17 roles we track in Raleigh-Cary, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($68,560) and paralegals ($61,880). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,280.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Raleigh-Cary (-7.1%), between customer support specialists (-6.4%) and payroll specialists (-7.1%). The typical role here is at -2.0%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Raleigh-Cary than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 5.9% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Raleigh-Cary, 7.0% across North Carolina and 9.3% 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. The one area in North Carolina with more office managers, Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($65,170), also pays more.

Raleigh-Cary against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Raleigh-Cary is #53 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Lewiston and Flint pay just above Raleigh-Cary and Dayton-Kettering and Salisbury just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Raleigh-Cary. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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