Office Manager salary in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area earns $48,530–$76,120. The top tenth earns $89,770 or more, 2.2 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 $27,590 wide, against $29,000 across Iowa and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwest Iowa 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 $12,480 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,110, or about $19,497 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 Iowa nonmetro area, and the Iowa statewide median of $64,400 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Iowa 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 $17,713 to the $61,010 median and brings it to $78,723 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 Southwest Iowa nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,060) and marketing specialists ($59,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,560.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area (-12.2%), between administrative assistants (-10.9%) and HR assistants (-13.1%). The typical role here is at -16.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 8.9% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area, 7.6% across Iowa and 9.3% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $57,940 in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area to $71,690 in Des Moines-West Des Moines, a gap of $13,750 a year. Of the 9 areas in Iowa with more office managers than the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area ($57,940) and Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA ($60,420).

the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area is #427 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Iowa, St. Joseph and Terre Haute pay just above the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area and Lima and Fayetteville just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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