Office Manager salary in St. Joseph, MO-KS

Pay in St. Joseph against Missouri and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $90,670, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in St. Joseph earns $48,780–$80,460. The mean ($66,850) 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 $31,680 wide, wider than in Missouri as a whole ($30,230) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in St. Joseph depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $19,390 over the median, the 25th only $12,290 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,019 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 St. Joseph, and the Missouri statewide median of $63,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in St. Joseph

At the $61,070 median, a local hire costs about $78,800 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,730 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 St. Joseph

Of the 15 roles we track in St. Joseph, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($64,200) and marketing specialists ($58,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,670.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in St. Joseph (-12.1%), between administrative assistants (-11.2%) and project coordinators (-12.4%). The typical role here is at -15.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in St. Joseph, 8.1% across Missouri and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $47,020 in the North Missouri nonmetro area to $68,590 in St. Louis, a gap of $21,570 a year. Of the 10 areas in Missouri with more office managers than St. Joseph, 7 pay less, the largest of them Springfield, MO ($60,560), the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($50,620) and the Central Missouri nonmetro area ($56,630).

St. Joseph against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, St. Joseph is #456 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Missouri, Terre Haute and State College pay just above St. Joseph and Lima and Fayetteville just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in St. Joseph. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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