Office Manager salary in the South Illinois nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $86,990, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the South Illinois nonmetro area earns $47,090–$72,790. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $25,700 wide, against $29,070 across Illinois and $29,140 nationally: employers in the South Illinois nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,160 a year in pay and about $19,561 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $10,540 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 Illinois nonmetro area, and the Illinois statewide median of $69,010 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Illinois nonmetro area

At the $57,630 median, a local hire costs about $74,361 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,731 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 Illinois nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the South Illinois nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($60,550) and executive assistants ($53,720). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,680.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in the South Illinois nonmetro area (-17.1%), between accountants (-16.7%) and payroll specialists (-18.8%). The typical role here is at -16.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 6.9% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the South Illinois nonmetro area, 7.1% across Illinois and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 11 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $57,630 in the South Illinois nonmetro area to $71,730 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $14,100 a year. All 6 areas in Illinois with more office managers than the South Illinois nonmetro area also pay more, among them Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN ($71,730) and the West Central Illinois nonmetro area ($60,370).

the South Illinois nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Illinois nonmetro area is #310 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 Illinois, Charleston and Mobile pay just above the South Illinois nonmetro area and Slidell-Mandeville and Warner Robins just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the South Illinois nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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