Office Manager salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $49,430–$74,020. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $88,210, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $24,590 wide, against $26,370 across Pennsylvania and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,070 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,520, or about $18,735 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $65,270 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $59,500 median, a local hire costs about $76,774 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,274 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($59,500) and sales development representatives ($59,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,870.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-14.4%), between bookkeepers (-11.0%) and e-commerce order specialists (-14.5%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 12.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 9.9% across Pennsylvania and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $58,510 in Johnstown to $72,700 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $14,190 a year. Of the 10 areas in Pennsylvania with more office managers than the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($59,140).

the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #179 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Tallahassee and Corpus Christi pay just above the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Hinesville and Tucson just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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