Office Manager salary in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the South Nebraska nonmetro area earns $49,270–$68,430. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $80,720, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $19,160 wide, against $24,890 across Nebraska and $29,140 nationally: employers in the South Nebraska nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,250 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,910, or about $12,787 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $61,980 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 Nebraska 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 $16,990 to the $58,520 median and brings it to $75,510 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 Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($61,580) and executive assistants ($56,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,700.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area (-15.8%), between payroll specialists (-14.8%) and recruiters (-18.9%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, 10.0% across Nebraska and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $57,900 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $63,700 in Omaha, a gap of $5,800 a year. All 2 areas in Nebraska with more office managers than the South Nebraska nonmetro area also pay more, among them Omaha, NE-IA ($63,700) and Lincoln, NE ($61,590).

the South Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Nebraska nonmetro area is #183 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 Nebraska, Sumter and Albany pay just above the South Nebraska nonmetro area and Johnstown and Idaho Falls just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the South Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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