Office Manager salary in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area against Alabama and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area earns $43,080–$68,260. The top tenth earns $79,530 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $25,180 wide, against $28,810 across Alabama and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwest Alabama 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 $15,350 over the median, the 25th only $9,830 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,806 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 Southwest Alabama nonmetro area, and the Alabama statewide median of $60,360 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 Southwest Alabama nonmetro area

At the $52,910 median, a local hire costs about $68,271 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,361 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

We place executive assistants, customer support and e-commerce staff today; for office managers we answer within one business day whether we can help. Enter the monthly pay you have in mind to compare it with a local hire. The fee field shows our standard fee³; Deel's contractor plan is the default payroll tool⁴.

Other roles in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($58,950) and marketing specialists ($51,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,000.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area (-23.9%), between executive assistants (-23.0%) and medical administrative assistants (-24.1%). The typical role here is at -22.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area, 9.3% across Alabama and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $52,750 in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area to $64,170 in Birmingham, a gap of $11,420 a year. Of the 11 areas in Alabama with more office managers than the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($52,750).

the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area is #384 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 Alabama, Shreveport-Bossier City and Sierra Vista-Douglas pay just above the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area and Hot Springs and Alexandria just below. All four are within $530 a year of the median in the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

Questions

Sources

How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.