Virtual receptionist in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area: cost vs in-house

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

The middle half of virtual receptionists in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area earns $28,280–$38,020. The top tenth earns $43,090 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($33,910) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $9,740 wide, between the figure for Ohio ($9,610) and the US figure ($11,170).

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,350 over it, while the 25th sits $6,390 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,323 more a year with benefits. 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 $38,010 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $35,920 falls there too.

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

At the $34,670 median, a local hire costs about $44,735 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,065 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

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area; project coordinators have the highest, at $87,260.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area (-8.8%), between recruiters (-8.5%) and data entry specialists (-10.6%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Virtual receptionists hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 6.1% across Ohio and 5.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $33,170 in Mansfield to $36,910 in Columbus, a gap of $3,740 a year. Of the 7 areas in Ohio with more virtual receptionists than the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($34,640).

the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area is #119 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Ohio, Weirton-Steubenville and Goldsboro pay just above the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area and Springfield and Dalton just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, two pay more.

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