Office Manager salary in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area earns $47,180–$77,440. The top tenth earns $100,710 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($66,140) is 9% 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 $30,260 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($32,470) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,550 a year in pay and about $21,355 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,710 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 median and the 75th percentile in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $66,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Tennessee 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 $17,678 to the $60,890 median and brings it to $78,568 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 Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($64,060) and marketing specialists ($57,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,590.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area (-12.4%), between e-commerce order specialists (-11.9%) and payroll specialists (-13.5%). The typical role here is at -14.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 14.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, 13.7% across Tennessee and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $59,040 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $73,060 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $14,020 a year. Of the 9 areas in Tennessee with more office managers than the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Johnson City, TN ($59,420), Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA ($60,690) and the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area ($59,610).

the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area is #184 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Lima and St. Joseph pay just above the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area and Fayetteville and Prescott Valley-Prescott just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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