Office Manager salary in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Pay in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against Delaware and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area earns $54,060–$80,060. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $93,640, 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 $26,000 wide, against $32,810 across Delaware and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $15,790 over the median, the 25th only $10,210 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,374 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 the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, and the Delaware statewide median of $75,220 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

At the $64,270 median, a local hire costs about $82,929 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,659 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 Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($66,230) and paralegals ($60,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,040.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area (-7.5%), between medical administrative assistants (-6.7%) and data entry specialists (-9.3%). The typical role here is at -4.3%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.7% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, 11.0% across Delaware and 9.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Delaware

Across the 2 areas of Delaware with data for this job, the median runs from $64,270 in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area to $67,210 in Dover, a gap of $2,940 a year. No other area in Delaware has as many office managers, and none of the others pays less.

the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area is #281 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Delaware, Salisbury and Dayton-Kettering pay just above the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area and York-Hanover and Birmingham just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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