Office Manager salary in Wheeling, WV-OH

Pay in Wheeling against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of office managers in Wheeling earns $44,600–$64,040. The top tenth earns $80,730 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($56,770) 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 $19,440 wide, between the figure for West Virginia ($19,240) and the US figure ($29,140).

What to budget for an office manager here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $11,740 over the median, the 25th only $7,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $15,148 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Wheeling, and the West Virginia statewide median of $53,660 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local office managers earn.

What a hire really costs in Wheeling

At the $52,300 median, a local hire costs about $67,484 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,184 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 Wheeling

Of the 16 roles we track in Wheeling, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($55,510) and paralegals ($51,150). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,070.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Wheeling (-24.7%), between HR assistants (-21.9%) and marketing specialists (-29.5%). The typical role here is at -15.6%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Wheeling than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 11.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Wheeling, 11.7% across West Virginia and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $46,850 in Beckley to $59,910 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $13,060 a year. Of the 5 areas in West Virginia with more office managers than Wheeling, 2 pay less: the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($50,850) and the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area ($47,260).

Wheeling against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wheeling is #375 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Alexandria and Hot Springs pay just above Wheeling and Jonesboro and Lafayette just below. All four are within $670 a year of the median in Wheeling. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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