Office Manager salary in San Jose-Sunnyvale, CA

Pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale against California and the US

The middle half of office managers in San Jose-Sunnyvale earns $76,400–$121,400. The top tenth earns $139,650 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $45,000 wide, wider than in California as a whole ($34,420) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in San Jose-Sunnyvale depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $26,390 a year in pay and about $34,052 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,610 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 10th and 25th percentiles in San Jose-Sunnyvale, and the California statewide median of $77,590 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in San Jose-Sunnyvale

At the $95,010 median, a local hire costs about $122,594 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $27,584 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale

Of the 17 roles we track in San Jose-Sunnyvale, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($99,250) and payroll specialists ($77,950). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $141,960.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in San Jose-Sunnyvale (+36.7%), between executive assistants (+38.7%) and customer support specialists (+35.1%). The typical role here is at +35.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 6.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale, 8.9% across California and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller 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. All 5 areas in California with more office managers than San Jose-Sunnyvale pay less, among them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($77,530) and San Francisco-Oakland, CA ($88,560).

San Jose-Sunnyvale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, San Jose-Sunnyvale is #41 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. No US metro area pays office managers more than San Jose-Sunnyvale; the table shows the next highest outside California. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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