Office Manager salary in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC

Pay in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake against Virginia and the US

The middle half of office managers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake earns $51,860–$80,100. The top tenth earns $100,790 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($69,540) 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 only $28,240 wide, against $29,700 across Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,110 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,130, or about $20,813 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, and the Virginia statewide median of $67,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake

At the $63,970 median, a local hire costs about $82,542 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,572 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake

Of the 17 roles we track in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($67,620) and paralegals ($59,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,920.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake (-8.0%), between virtual receptionists (-6.7%) and data entry specialists (-8.0%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, 8.2% across Virginia and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,860 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,800 in Harrisonburg, a gap of $9,940 a year. No other area in Virginia has as many office managers, and 10 of the other 12 pay less.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake is #44 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Evansville and Lancaster pay just above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and San Antonio-New Braunfels and Champaign-Urbana just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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