Office Manager salary in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $87,880, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $44,770–$73,170. The mean ($58,960) 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 $28,400 wide, against $31,910 across Kentucky and $29,140 nationally: employers in the South Central Kentucky 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 $20,170 over the median, the 25th only $8,230 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,026 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 median and the 75th percentile in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $63,180 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

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 $15,387 to the $53,000 median and brings it to $68,387 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 the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($56,380) and sales development representatives ($51,770). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,850.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-23.7%), between payroll specialists (-22.5%) and recruiters (-24.0%). The typical role here is at -20.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 9.9% across Kentucky and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $53,000 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $67,450 in Louisville, a gap of $14,450 a year. All 2 areas in Kentucky with more office managers than the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area also pay more, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($67,450) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($59,300).

the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #141 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 Kentucky, Shreveport-Bossier City and Sierra Vista-Douglas pay just above the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Hot Springs and Alexandria just below. All four are within $440 a year of the median in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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