Office Manager salary in Redding, CA

Pay in Redding against California and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $98,620, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Redding earns $57,920–$79,990. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $22,070 wide, against $34,420 across California and $29,140 nationally: employers in Redding pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $8,030 over it, while the 25th sits $14,040 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $10,361 more a year with benefits. 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 25th percentile and the median in Redding, and the California statewide median of $77,590 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Redding

At the $71,960 median, a local hire costs about $92,852 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,892 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 Redding

Of the 16 roles we track in Redding, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($78,990) and recruiters ($70,830). Project Coordinator is the highest at $99,030.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in Redding (+3.5%), between virtual receptionists (+4.3%) and medical administrative assistants (+3.4%). The typical role here is at -1.8%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in Redding than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Redding, 9.0% across California and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $66,410 in El Centro to $95,010 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $28,600 a year. Of the 20 areas in California with more office managers than Redding, 3 pay less: Fresno, CA ($71,820), Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($71,830) and the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area ($69,970).

Redding against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Redding is #337 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Janesville-Beloit and Spokane-Spokane Valley pay just above Redding and Salt Lake City-Murray and St. Cloud just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in Redding. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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