Office Manager salary in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $97,520, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southwest New York nonmetro area earns $57,150–$79,570. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $22,420 wide, against $35,430 across New York and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwest New York 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 $14,820 over the median, the 25th only $7,600 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,123 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $79,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

At the $64,750 median, a local hire costs about $83,548 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,798 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 New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($71,230) and marketing specialists ($63,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,970.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area (-6.8%), between accountants (-6.2%) and executive assistants (-7.0%). The typical role here is at -6.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, 7.6% across New York and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $60,750 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $80,760 in New York-Newark, a gap of $20,010 a year. All 7 areas in New York with more office managers than the Southwest New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($80,760) and Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($70,000).

the Southwest New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest New York nonmetro area is #205 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Grand Rapids-Wyoming and Boise City pay just above the Southwest New York nonmetro area and Richmond and Cleveland just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Southwest New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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