Office Manager salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $102,210, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $52,090–$80,890. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,800 wide, against $33,740 across Colorado and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,200 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,600, or about $18,839 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $76,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

At the $66,290 median, a local hire costs about $85,535 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,245 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($67,260) and marketing specialists ($64,680). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,080.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area (-4.6%), between bookkeepers (-2.7%) and accountants (-4.8%). The typical role here is at -2.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.6% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 8.4% across Colorado and 9.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $66,290 in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area to $79,450 in Boulder, a gap of $13,160 a year. All 5 areas in Colorado with more office managers than the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area also pay more, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($79,120) and Colorado Springs, CO ($70,150).

the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area is #229 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Utica-Rome and El Centro pay just above the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area and Minot and Oshkosh-Neenah just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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