Cost to hire office managers: Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan against local pay
Only Georgia and Kazakhstan publish pay for office manager work (official occupation figures), so the starting pay in Armenia and Ukraine is the national average, a placeholder. Between the two with figures, Kazakhstan costs $809 a month as a contractor and Georgia $919. To compare tax and fees at one pay, use the calculator on each country's page. A US hire at the BLS median costs $8,274 a month with benefits.
| Country | Starting pay | Contractor | Take-home | EOR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | $700 | $749 | $616 | $1,575 | placeholder pay |
| Kazakhstan | $760 | $809 | $681 | $1,556 | |
| Georgia | $870 | $919 | $861 | $1,725 | |
| Armenia | $870 | $919 | $740 | $1,589 | placeholder pay |
Where the starting pay comes from
- Georgia: Geostat's 2025 average for group «33 Business and Administration Associate Professionals», GEL 2,259.2 ($871)1.
- Kazakhstan: the April 2026 average for the occupation group «Специалисты-техники и иной вспомогательный профессиональный персонал», KZT 337,653 ($759)2 at 40 hours a week.
- Armenia and Ukraine: no pay figure by occupation, so the national average wage ($8703, $7004), a placeholder.
Office managers hired at home
| Market | Median pay a month | Employer cost a month |
|---|---|---|
| United States56 | $5,792 | $8,274 |
| United Kingdom78910 | $4,383 | $5,068 |
| Canada1110 | $3,597 | wage only |
| Australia121310 | $5,474 | $6,129 |
With 1,436,680 US jobs, office managers sit in the larger half of the 17 occupations we price.
US pay for office managers spreads wider than for most roles: $45,610 at the 10th percentile, $104,710 at the 90th, 2.3 times apart.
State gaps for office managers are narrower than average: the top median (Washington) is 1.48 times the bottom (West Virginia).
The best-paid industry for office managers with 3,000 or more jobs, utilities, pays 44% over the national median.
US office managers are spread across sectors; the largest, health care and social assistance, holds 17%.
UK pay for office managers is 76% of the US median, below the usual ratio.
UK pay for office managers rose only 1.7% in the year to April 2026, one of the weakest changes of the roles with an ONS figure.
Canadian provinces pay office managers within a narrow band: Manitoba C$26.15, Northwest Territories C$38.50 an hour.
UK regions for office managers: highest London (£48,099) and Scotland (£41,895), lowest North West England (£35,660), full-time medians a year.
Australia publishes no figure for the job itself: the row above is the full-time group «Office and practice managers» plus super.
| US sector | Jobs | Median a year |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 239,560 | $63,520 |
| Finance and Insurance | 176,160 | $75,030 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 112,670 | $73,890 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 100,080 | $62,500 |
| US pay | A year | A month | Employer cost × Ukraine contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $45,610 | $3,801 | 7.2× |
| 25th | $55,950 | $4,663 | 8.9× |
| Median | $69,500 | $5,792 | 11.0× |
| 75th | $85,090 | $7,091 | 13.5× |
| 90th | $104,710 | $8,726 | 16.6× |
| Statistics | Code | Occupation as published |
|---|---|---|
| US, BLS (SOC 2018) | 43-1011 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers |
| UK, ONS (SOC 2020) | 4141 | Office managers |
| Canada, ESDC (NOC 2021) | 13100 | Administrative officers |
| Australia, ABS (ANZSCO) | 5121 | Office managers |
| ISCO-08 (ILO), used for Georgia | 3341 | unit group in «Business and Administration Associate Professionals» |
Questions
How much does it cost to hire an office manager remotely?
$749–$919 a month as a contractor in the four countries here, $1,556–$1,725 through an employer of record. A US hire costs about $8,274.
Which country is cheapest to hire an office manager from?
Of the countries with an official office manager figure, Kazakhstan ($809 a month as a contractor) against Georgia ($919); the others have no pay by occupation to compare.
Not tax or legal advice: rates depend on the person’s registration and activity. Corrections: hello@silkstaff.com.
Sources
14 sources, with links
- Geostat: average monthly nominal earnings of employees by occupation (ISCO-08), 2021 and 2025, xlsx: geostat.ge
- Бюро национальной статистики РК: распределение заработной платы работников по основным профессиям и должностям (2026), форма 2-Т, апрель 2026, xlsx: stat.gov.kz
- Armstat, average monthly nominal wage, August 2026: armstat.am
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine, average monthly wage of staff employees, August 2026: lv.ukrstat.gov.ua
- BLS OEWS May 2025, 43-1011: bls.gov
- BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, private industry, June 2026: bls.gov
- ONS, ASHE Table 14 (occupation), 2026 provisional: ons.gov.uk
- GOV.UK, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027: gov.uk
- GOV.UK, workplace pensions: what you, your employer and the government pay: gov.uk
- ECB euro reference rates, 2026-11-03: ecb.europa.eu
- ESDC Job Bank, wages by occupation and economic region, 2025 release: open.canada.ca
- ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2025, data cubes 11, 12 and 13: abs.gov.au
- ATO, super guarantee rates: ato.gov.au
- BLS OEWS May 2025, national industry-specific estimates: bls.gov
How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.