Office Manager salary in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $97,120, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $49,490–$79,640. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $30,150 wide, wider than in Wisconsin as a whole ($25,660) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,860 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,290, or about $21,019 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 median and the 75th percentile in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

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

At the $63,350 median, a local hire costs about $81,742 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,392 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 Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($65,570) and executive assistants ($62,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,460.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area (-8.8%), between data entry specialists (-8.2%) and project coordinators (-10.6%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.8% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, 8.2% across Wisconsin and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $62,550 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $77,390 in Kenosha, a gap of $14,840 a year. All 2 areas in Wisconsin with more office managers than the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($73,970) and Madison, WI ($75,290).

the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area is #160 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Billings and Palm Bay-Melbourne pay just above the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area and Port St. Lucie and Oklahoma City just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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