Office Manager salary in the South Arkansas nonmetro area

Pay in the South Arkansas nonmetro area against Arkansas and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $86,470, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the South Arkansas nonmetro area earns $42,760–$64,260. The mean ($56,970) is 11% 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 $21,500 wide, against $24,470 across Arkansas and $29,140 nationally: employers in the South Arkansas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $13,160 over the median, the 25th only $8,340 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $16,981 a year in employer cost. 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 the South Arkansas nonmetro area, and the Arkansas statewide median of $58,100 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 the South Arkansas nonmetro area

At the $51,100 median, a local hire costs about $65,935 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,835 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 the South Arkansas nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the South Arkansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($52,110) and executive assistants ($47,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $72,030.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 14 roles we track in the South Arkansas nonmetro area (-26.5%), between administrative assistants (-25.3%) and accountants (-26.5%). The typical role here is at -25.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 14.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the South Arkansas nonmetro area, 13.1% across Arkansas and 9.4% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $48,680 in the East Arkansas nonmetro area to $63,620 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $14,940 a year. Of the 3 areas in Arkansas with more office managers than the South Arkansas nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the North Arkansas nonmetro area ($50,800).

the South Arkansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Arkansas nonmetro area is #242 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Monroe and Lafayette pay just above the South Arkansas nonmetro area and Eagle Pass and Brownsville-Harlingen just below. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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