Office Manager salary in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against Idaho and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $81,950, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area earns $47,750–$66,710. The mean ($58,680) is 8% 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 $18,960 wide, against $26,250 across Idaho and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southeast-Central Idaho 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 $12,470 over the median, the 25th only $6,490 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $16,090 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, and the Idaho statewide median of $61,390 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 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

At the $54,240 median, a local hire costs about $69,987 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,747 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 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($55,030) and HR assistants ($52,010). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,720.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area (-22.0%), between paralegals (-19.8%) and executive assistants (-26.1%). The typical role here is at -16.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, 10.0% across Idaho and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $54,240 in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area to $64,840 in Boise City, a gap of $10,600 a year. The one area in Idaho with more office managers, Boise City, ID ($64,840), also pays more.

the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area is #271 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 Idaho, Lawton and Gadsden pay just above the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area and Valdosta and Sierra Vista-Douglas just below. All four are within $800 a year of the median in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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