Office Manager salary in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area against Minnesota and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $99,420, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area earns $60,680–$85,090. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,410 wide, against $29,450 across Minnesota and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southeast Minnesota 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 $11,600 a year in pay and about $14,968 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,810 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 25th percentile and the median in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $76,440 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

At the $73,490 median, a local hire costs about $94,826 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,336 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 Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($74,850) and marketing specialists ($73,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,570.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area (+5.7%), between data entry specialists (+12.2%) and medical administrative assistants (+4.7%). The typical role here is at -1.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 8.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 7.4% across Minnesota and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $64,190 in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area to $78,410 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $14,220 a year. Of the 2 areas in Minnesota with more office managers than the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($66,180).

the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area is #249 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Fairbanks-College and Riverside-San Bernardino pay just above the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area and Albany-Schenectady and Greeley just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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