Office Manager salary in Springfield, IL

Pay in Springfield against Illinois and the US

The middle half of office managers in Springfield earns $49,270–$78,140. The top tenth earns $96,490 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,870 wide, against $29,070 across Illinois and $29,140 nationally: employers in Springfield pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,980 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,890, or about $19,213 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 Springfield, and the Illinois statewide median of $69,010 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Springfield

At the $63,250 median, a local hire costs about $81,613 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,363 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 Springfield

Of the 16 roles we track in Springfield, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($65,090) and paralegals ($59,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,030.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Springfield (-9.0%), between medical administrative assistants (-5.6%) and customer support specialists (-10.1%). The typical role here is at -3.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Springfield than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Springfield, 7.0% across Illinois and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 11 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $57,630 in the South Illinois nonmetro area to $71,730 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $14,100 a year. Of the 7 areas in Illinois with more office managers than Springfield, 4 pay less, the largest of them the West Central Illinois nonmetro area ($60,370), the Northwest Illinois nonmetro area ($63,070) and the East Central Illinois nonmetro area ($62,400).

Springfield against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Springfield is #348 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Pittsburgh and Odessa pay just above Springfield and Toledo and Missoula just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Springfield. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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