Office Manager salary in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $85,480, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $46,460–$71,620. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $25,160 wide, against $27,720 across Mississippi and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $12,440 a year in pay and about $16,052 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,720 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $58,380 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

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 $17,181 to the $59,180 median and brings it to $76,361 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 the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($64,410) and recruiters ($57,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,640.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area (-14.8%), between e-commerce order specialists (-13.6%) and bookkeepers (-17.3%). The typical role here is at -22.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost more in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 14.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $53,540 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area to $60,100 in Jackson, a gap of $6,560 a year. The one area in Mississippi with more office managers, Jackson, MS ($60,100), also pays more.

the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area is #103 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Cleveland and Athens-Clarke County pay just above the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and Rocky Mount and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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