Office Manager salary in Rapid City, SD

Pay in Rapid City against South Dakota and the US

The middle half of office managers in Rapid City earns $50,450–$68,220. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $78,040, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($60,600) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,770 wide, against $21,260 across South Dakota and $29,140 nationally: employers in Rapid City pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,520 a year in pay and about $9,703 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $10,250 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 Rapid City, and the South Dakota statewide median of $62,530 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 Rapid City

At the $60,700 median, a local hire costs about $78,323 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,623 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 Rapid City

Of the 14 roles we track in Rapid City, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($61,700) and paralegals ($56,720). Accountant is the highest at $79,270.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 14 roles we track in Rapid City (-12.7%), between administrative assistants (-12.2%) and customer support specialists (-14.0%). The typical role here is at -12.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Rapid City, 4.1% across South Dakota and 9.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $57,240 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $67,320 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $10,080 a year. All 2 areas in South Dakota with more office managers than Rapid City also pay more, among them Sioux Falls, SD-MN ($67,320) and the East South Dakota nonmetro area ($60,970).

Rapid City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Rapid City is #478 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside South Dakota, Decatur and Watertown-Fort Drum pay just above Rapid City and Kingsport-Bristol and Deltona-Daytona Beach just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Rapid City. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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