Office Manager salary in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $97,650, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area earns $55,450–$80,230. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,780 wide, against $25,820 across Maine and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,380 a year in pay and about $17,265 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,400 in pay. 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 Maine nonmetro area, and the Maine statewide median of $67,530 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area

At the $66,850 median, a local hire costs about $86,258 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,408 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 Maine nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($68,320) and marketing specialists ($65,680). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,320.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area (-3.8%), between e-commerce order specialists (-3.5%) and bookkeepers (-4.6%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area, 11.0% across Maine and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $62,690 in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area to $70,240 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $7,550 a year. The one area in Maine with more office managers, Portland-South Portland, ME ($70,240), also pays more.

the Southwest Maine nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Maine nonmetro area is #172 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Maine, Columbus and Detroit-Warren pay just above the Southwest Maine nonmetro area and Kingston and Kansas City just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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