Office Manager salary in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Pay in Stockton-Lodi against California and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $104,430, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Stockton-Lodi earns $59,820–$88,490. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,670 wide, against $34,420 across California and $29,140 nationally: employers in Stockton-Lodi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,390 a year in pay and about $18,568 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,280 in pay. 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 25th percentile and the median in Stockton-Lodi, and the California statewide median of $77,590 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Stockton-Lodi

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 $21,513 to the $74,100 median and brings it to $95,613 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 Stockton-Lodi

Of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($76,560) and marketing specialists ($73,650). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,240.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi (+6.6%), between data entry specialists (+6.7%) and payroll specialists (+5.1%). The typical role here is at +5.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Stockton-Lodi, 8.9% across California and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $66,410 in El Centro to $95,010 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $28,600 a year. Of the 9 areas in California with more office managers than Stockton-Lodi, 4 pay less, the largest of them Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($73,640), Fresno, CA ($71,820) and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA ($73,260).

Stockton-Lodi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Stockton-Lodi is #107 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside California, Bismarck and Providence-Warwick pay just above Stockton-Lodi and Milwaukee-Waukesha and Norwich-New London just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Stockton-Lodi. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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