Office Manager salary in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area earns $38,330–$61,100. The top tenth earns $75,950 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($53,000) is 10% 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 $22,770 wide, against $25,550 across Louisiana and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwest Louisiana 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 $9,770 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,000, or about $16,774 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, and the Louisiana statewide median of $57,180 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 Louisiana 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 $13,965 to the $48,100 median and brings it to $62,065 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 Louisiana nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($48,260) and payroll specialists ($45,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,130.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area (-30.8%), between paralegals (-28.9%) and executive assistants (-36.3%). The typical role here is at -22.6%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 15.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, 12.3% across Louisiana and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $48,100 in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area to $61,710 in Baton Rouge, a gap of $13,610 a year. All 4 areas in Louisiana with more office managers than the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area also pay more, among them New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($60,270) and Baton Rouge, LA ($61,710).

the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area is #210 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 Louisiana, Brownsville-Harlingen and Eagle Pass pay just above the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area and Beckley just below. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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