Office Manager salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area earns $46,590–$74,330. The top tenth earns $84,400 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $27,740 wide, between the figure for Ohio ($27,110) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,320 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,420, or about $18,606 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $64,220 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $59,910 median, a local hire costs about $77,303 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,393 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 Southern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($60,430) and marketing specialists ($59,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,910.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area (-13.8%), between customer support specialists (-12.8%) and medical administrative assistants (-15.2%). The typical role here is at -12.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, 8.8% across Ohio and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $57,510 in Mansfield to $69,880 in Cincinnati, a gap of $12,370 a year. Of the 10 areas in Ohio with more office managers than the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($59,510) and Youngstown-Warren, OH ($58,870).

the Southern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Ohio nonmetro area is #214 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Weirton-Steubenville and San Angelo pay just above the Southern Ohio nonmetro area and Longview and Tyler just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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