Office Manager salary in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

Pay in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles against California and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $103,090, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles earns $59,990–$92,010. The mean ($77,020) 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 $32,020 wide, between the figure for California ($34,420) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,510 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,510, or about $18,723 once benefits are added. 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 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, and the California statewide median of $77,590 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

At the $77,500 median, a local hire costs about $100,000 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,500 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 Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

Of the 17 roles we track in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($78,020) and paralegals ($75,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $108,730.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles (+11.5%), between HR assistants (+12.9%) and data entry specialists (+7.4%). The typical role here is at +6.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 8.9% 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 16 areas in California with more office managers than San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 12 pay less, the largest of them Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($73,640), San Diego-Chula Vista, CA ($76,120) and Sacramento-Roseville, CA ($77,350).

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is #209 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, Boston-Cambridge and Olympia-Lacey pay just above San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles and Kenosha and Bellingham just below. All four are within $970 a year of the median in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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