Office Manager salary in the Western Washington nonmetro area

Pay in the Western Washington nonmetro area against Washington and the US

The middle half of office managers in the Western Washington nonmetro area earns $59,970–$87,510. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,450, only 2.1 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 $27,540 wide, against $31,410 across Washington and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Western Washington 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 $12,130 a year in pay and about $15,652 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,410 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 25th percentile and the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $79,480 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Western Washington 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 $21,885 to the $75,380 median and brings it to $97,265 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 Western Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($77,320) and sales development representatives ($70,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,580.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area (+8.5%), between accountants (+9.4%) and customer support specialists (+7.4%). The typical role here is at +8.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 11.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Western Washington nonmetro area, 9.4% across Washington and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $72,300 in Spokane-Spokane Valley to $81,980 in Longview-Kelso, a gap of $9,680 a year. Of the 2 areas in Washington with more office managers than the Western Washington nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($72,300).

the Western Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Washington nonmetro area is #180 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Baltimore-Columbia and Salem pay just above the Western Washington nonmetro area and Madison and Elkhart-Goshen just below. All four are within $610 a year of the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, none pays as much.

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