Office Manager salary in Wausau, WI

Pay in Wausau against Wisconsin and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $97,740, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in Wausau earns $57,360–$80,720. The mean ($71,170) 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 $23,360 wide, against $25,660 across Wisconsin and $29,140 nationally: employers in Wausau 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 $15,490 over the median, the 25th only $7,870 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $19,987 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 Wausau, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Wausau

At the $65,230 median, a local hire costs about $84,168 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,938 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 Wausau

Of the 15 roles we track in Wausau, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($66,750) and marketing specialists ($65,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,940.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #7 of the 15 roles we track in Wausau (-6.1%), between bookkeepers (-3.5%) and accountants (-7.2%). The typical role here is at -7.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 9.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Wausau, 8.3% across Wisconsin and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $62,550 in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $77,390 in Kenosha, a gap of $14,840 a year. Of the 9 areas in Wisconsin with more office managers than Wausau, 2 pay less: the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,350) and the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($62,550).

Wausau against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wausau is #368 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Atlantic City-Hammonton and Phoenix-Mesa pay just above Wausau and Charlotte-Concord and Ogden just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in Wausau. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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