Office Manager salary in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $82,660, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area earns $42,090–$63,550. The mean ($54,850) is 13% 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 $21,460 wide, against $30,230 across Missouri and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwest Missouri 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 $14,860 over the median, the 25th only $6,600 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,174 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 Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $63,050 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 Missouri nonmetro area

At the $48,690 median, a local hire costs about $62,826 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,136 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 Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($49,480) and HR assistants ($46,450). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,970.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area (-29.9%), between project coordinators (-26.7%) and paralegals (-33.9%). The typical role here is at -24.7%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area, 8.1% across Missouri and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $47,020 in the North Missouri nonmetro area to $68,590 in St. Louis, a gap of $21,570 a year. Of the 9 areas in Missouri with more office managers than the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the North Missouri nonmetro area ($47,020).

the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area is #371 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 Missouri, Brownsville-Harlingen and Eagle Pass pay just above the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area and Beckley just below. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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