Office Manager salary in St. George, UT

Pay in St. George against Utah and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $95,760, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in St. George earns $50,080–$76,800. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $26,720 wide, against $30,490 across Utah and $29,140 nationally: employers in St. George pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,420 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,300, or about $18,452 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 St. George, and the Utah statewide median of $66,900 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in St. George

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 $18,145 to the $62,500 median and brings it to $80,645 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 St. George

Of the 15 roles we track in St. George, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($63,900) and marketing specialists ($58,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,300.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in St. George (-10.1%), between payroll specialists (-9.9%) and accountants (-15.7%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.4% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in St. George, 9.9% across Utah and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $61,220 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $71,890 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $10,670 a year. Of the 4 areas in Utah with more office managers than St. George, 1 pays less: the High Desert Utah nonmetro area ($61,220).

St. George against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, St. George is #252 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Las Vegas-Henderson and Lynchburg pay just above St. George and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre and Tulsa just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in St. George. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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