Office Manager salary in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Pay in Shreveport-Bossier City against Louisiana and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $80,890, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Shreveport-Bossier City earns $44,960–$63,790. The mean ($57,480) is 8% 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 $18,830 wide, against $25,550 across Louisiana and $29,140 nationally: employers in Shreveport-Bossier City pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,140 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,690, or about $13,794 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Shreveport-Bossier City, and the Louisiana statewide median of $57,180 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 Shreveport-Bossier City

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 $15,416 to the $53,100 median and brings it to $68,516 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 Shreveport-Bossier City

Of the 16 roles we track in Shreveport-Bossier City, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between paralegals ($58,900) and marketing specialists ($53,050). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,890.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Shreveport-Bossier City (-23.6%), between project coordinators (-21.9%) and sales development representatives (-25.9%). The typical role here is at -18.5%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Shreveport-Bossier City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 13.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Shreveport-Bossier City, 12.2% across Louisiana and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $48,100 in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area to $61,710 in Baton Rouge, a gap of $13,610 a year. All 2 areas in Louisiana with more office managers than Shreveport-Bossier City also pay more, among them New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($60,270) and Baton Rouge, LA ($61,710).

Shreveport-Bossier City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Shreveport-Bossier City is #110 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Louisiana, Sierra Vista-Douglas and Valdosta pay just above Shreveport-Bossier City and Hot Springs and Wheeling just below. All four are within $800 a year of the median in Shreveport-Bossier City. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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