Office Manager salary in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $56,780–$81,880. The top tenth earns $108,830 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($72,820) is 9% 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 $25,100 wide, against $31,550 across New Hampshire and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwestern New Hampshire 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 $15,110 over the median, the 25th only $9,990 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,497 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 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $73,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $19,385 to the $66,770 median and brings it to $86,155 a year. 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 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($69,060) and payroll specialists ($61,740). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,120.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area (-3.9%), between bookkeepers (-3.0%) and accountants (-4.4%). The typical role here is at -3.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.9% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 10.4% across New Hampshire and 9.3% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $65,170 in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $74,970 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $9,800 a year. Of the 3 areas in New Hampshire with more office managers than the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area ($65,170).

the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area is #434 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside New Hampshire, Kansas City and Kingston pay just above the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area and Peoria and Chambersburg just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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