Office Manager salary in Winchester, VA-WV

Pay in Winchester against Virginia and the US

The middle half of office managers in Winchester earns $52,060–$77,750. The top tenth earns $94,380 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 $25,690 wide, against $29,700 across Virginia and $29,140 nationally: employers in Winchester pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,890 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,800, or about $19,097 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 Winchester, and the Virginia statewide median of $67,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Winchester

At the $62,950 median, a local hire costs about $81,226 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,276 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 Winchester

Of the 16 roles we track in Winchester, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($66,920) and executive assistants ($62,650). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,810.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Winchester (-9.4%), between payroll specialists (-8.9%) and marketing specialists (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -6.1%, so, measured against the US, office managers cost less in Winchester than the area's general pay level would suggest. Office managers hold 10.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Winchester, 8.3% across 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 Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $58,860 in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area to $68,800 in Harrisonburg, a gap of $9,940 a year. Of the 7 areas in Virginia with more office managers than Winchester, 4 pay less, the largest of them Roanoke, VA ($61,800), the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($58,860) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($60,110).

Winchester against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Winchester is #334 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Huntsville and Honolulu pay just above Winchester and Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Savannah just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Winchester. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, all three pay more.

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