Change Manager Salary in Columbus, Ohio

How much does a Change Manager make in Columbus, OH?

As of May 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Change Manager in Columbus, OH is $134,839. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $121,648 to $149,178, with most professionals earning between $109,638 and $162,232.

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What does a Change Manager do?

Common responsibilities of a Change Manager

Assist in the implementation of a variety of change projects and interventions alongside the technology streams, such as process alignment, competency and skills assessments, training design and delivery, stakeholder communications, etc.

March 11, 2023

Create and maintain a realistic Change Plan for their geography, aligned to the development priorities and timescales of the Cosmos Tech delivery streams, and ensuring that dependencies on this plan are managed and communicated with other streams.

March 13, 2023

Facilitate change management activities with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to understand and ensure adoption of enterprise / transformational projects.

November 28, 2022

Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors, keeping them stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables.

February 28, 2023

Develop and manage relationships with program sponsors and partners across business lines and geographic regions, including but not limited to Risk, Finance, Treasury, Operations, Technology and business management functions.

April 04, 2023

Provides point of contact for process related questions or issues and facilitates process related meetings such as Daily operations, Problem governance and review, Change Advisory Board, Problem Review Board, etc.

April 09, 2023

Supports Global Business Change strategy by supporting Management in any function specific initiatives and employee engagement directives.

April 09, 2023

Demonstrated ability to ensure guidelines are met and deployed in a consistent, timely fashion that manages the risk of change, minimizes disruptions to the target environment, and provides a framework to ensure changes were successfully implemented.

April 18, 2023

Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.

May 04, 2023

Lead the development of organizational design and strategic change management planning to include scoping, resourcing, identifying considerations and risks, recommended action and deliverables using the organizational design and change framework.

May 06, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Change Manager in Columbus, OH

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

121648

149178

134839

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

131876

167483

148360

What is the average salary for Change Manager in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Change Manager in Columbus, OH. The base salary for Change Manager ranges from $121,648 to $149,178 with the average base salary of $134,839. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $131,876 to $167,483 with the average total cash compensation of $148,360.

View Average Salary for Change Manager as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$134,839	$121,648 - $149,178
Bonus	$13,521	$10,228 - $18,305
Total Pay	$148,360	$131,876 - $167,483

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Change Manager Salary Near Columbus, OH

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Newark, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $120,899 - $148,259	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Springfield, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $116,363 - $142,697	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Chillicothe, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $114,077 - $139,893	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Mansfield, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $119,587 - $146,650	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Dayton, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $120,911 - $148,274	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Lima, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $115,764 - $141,962	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH

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About Columbus, Ohio

The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers occurs just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area, including Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and Darby Creek. Columbus is considered to have relatively flat topography thanks to a large glacier that covered most of Ohio during the Wisconsin Ice Age. However, there are sizable differences in elevation through the area, with the high point of Franklin County being 1,132 ft (345 m) above sea level near New Albany, and the low point being 670 ft (200 m) where the Scioto River leaves...

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