Office Manager salary in Richmond, VA

Pay in Richmond against Virginia and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $102,040, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Richmond earns $53,340–$81,440. The mean ($70,760) 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 only $28,100 wide, against $29,700 across Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Richmond pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,750 a year in pay and about $21,613 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,350 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 median and the 75th percentile in Richmond, and the Virginia statewide median of $67,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Richmond

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $18,781 to the $64,690 median and brings it to $83,471 a year. 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 Richmond

Of the 17 roles we track in Richmond, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($77,510) and paralegals ($62,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,170.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Richmond (-6.9%), between customer support specialists (-4.7%) and e-commerce order specialists (-7.2%). The typical role here is at +0.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Richmond than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Richmond, 8.2% across Virginia and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,860 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,800 in Harrisonburg, a gap of $9,940 a year. The one area in Virginia with more office managers, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($63,970), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Richmond against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Richmond is #45 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 Virginia, Grand Rapids-Wyoming and Boise City pay just above Richmond and Cleveland and Akron just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Richmond. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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