Office Manager salary in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area earns $51,490–$76,320. The top tenth earns $93,890 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $24,830 wide, between the figure for Montana ($23,600) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,540 a year in pay and about $18,761 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $10,290 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 Montana nonmetro area, and the Montana statewide median of $62,550 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area

At the $61,780 median, a local hire costs about $79,716 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,936 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 Montana nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,600) and payroll specialists ($59,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,060.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area (-11.1%), between bookkeepers (-9.7%) and accountants (-11.2%). The typical role here is at -6.4%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area, 9.7% across Montana and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 8 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $59,720 in the West Montana nonmetro area to $68,620 in Bozeman, a gap of $8,900 a year. Of the 6 areas in Montana with more office managers than the Southwest Montana nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the West Montana nonmetro area ($59,720) and the East-Central Montana nonmetro area ($61,300).

the Southwest Montana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Montana nonmetro area is #488 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Montana, Decatur and Dalton pay just above the Southwest Montana nonmetro area and Sioux City and Traverse City just below. All four are within $20 a year of the median in the Southwest Montana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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