Office Manager salary in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area

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

The middle half of office managers in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $54,900–$78,570. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $92,110, 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 $23,670 wide, against $25,660 across Wisconsin and $29,140 nationally: employers in the Western Wisconsin 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 $12,030 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $11,640, or about $15,019 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 Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Western Wisconsin 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 $19,431 to the $66,930 median and brings it to $86,361 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 Western Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($70,340) and marketing specialists ($60,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,420.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area (-3.7%), between administrative assistants (-3.7%) and e-commerce order specialists (-4.2%). The typical role here is at -3.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 10.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, 8.2% across Wisconsin and 9.1% 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 6 areas in Wisconsin with more office managers than the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,350) and the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($62,550).

the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area is #264 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Columbus and Detroit-Warren pay just above the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area and Kingston and Kansas City just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, one pays more.

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