Office Manager salary in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of office managers in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area earns $49,590–$75,930. The top tenth earns $90,030 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $26,340 wide, against $27,110 across Ohio and $29,140 nationally: employers in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,780 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,560, or about $18,787 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 the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $64,220 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $61,370 median, a local hire costs about $79,187 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,817 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 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($62,620) and sales development representatives ($57,860). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,260.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area (-11.7%), between data entry specialists (-10.6%) and project coordinators (-14.7%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 9.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 9.0% across Ohio and 9.3% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $57,510 in Mansfield to $69,880 in Cincinnati, a gap of $12,370 a year. Of the 7 areas in Ohio with more office managers than the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($59,510).

the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area is #144 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Coeur d'Alene and Manhattan pay just above the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area and Topeka and Jackson just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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