Office Manager salary in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $85,090, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $42,840–$72,700. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $29,860 wide, wider than in Oklahoma as a whole ($29,480) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,090 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,770, or about $20,348 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $60,870 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

At the $56,930 median, a local hire costs about $73,458 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,528 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($61,450) and marketing specialists ($53,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,990.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area (-18.1%), between paralegals (-16.6%) and recruiters (-19.1%). The typical role here is at -19.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 11.5% across Oklahoma and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $54,510 in Lawton to $63,310 in Oklahoma City, a gap of $8,800 a year. Of the 5 areas in Oklahoma with more office managers than the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area ($54,950) and the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area ($55,610).

the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area is #393 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Oklahoma, Pocatello and Houma-Bayou Cane pay just above the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area and Texarkana and Joplin just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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