Office Manager salary in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area earns $43,580–$65,470. The top tenth earns $83,320 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($56,520) is 12% 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 $21,890 wide, against $30,230 across Missouri and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southeast Missouri 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 $14,850 over the median, the 25th only $7,040 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,161 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 Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $63,050 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 Missouri 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 $14,696 to the $50,620 median and brings it to $65,316 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 Southeast Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($50,960) and payroll specialists ($48,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,430.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area (-27.2%), between paralegals (-25.7%) and marketing specialists (-29.7%). The typical role here is at -21.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, 8.1% across Missouri and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $47,020 in the North Missouri nonmetro area to $68,590 in St. Louis, a gap of $21,570 a year. All 3 areas in Missouri with more office managers than the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area also pay more, among them St. Louis, MO-IL ($68,590) and Kansas City, MO-KS ($66,780).

the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area is #241 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 Missouri, Eagle Pass and Monroe pay just above the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area and Brownsville-Harlingen and Beckley just below. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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