Bookkeeper salary in Amarillo, TX

Pay in Amarillo against Texas and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $66,760, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Amarillo earns $38,590–$55,600. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,010 wide, against $19,610 across Texas and $17,950 nationally: employers in Amarillo pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,030 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,980, or about $11,587 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 $50,670 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Amarillo, and the Texas statewide median of $48,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Amarillo

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $13,535 to the $46,620 median and brings it to $60,155 a year. 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 Amarillo

Of the 17 roles we track in Amarillo, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($49,850) and e-commerce order specialists ($44,980). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,210.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Amarillo (-8.0%), between paralegals (-5.0%) and data entry specialists (-8.5%). The typical role here is at -14.2%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Amarillo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 10.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Amarillo, 7.8% across Texas and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $39,710 in Laredo to $54,320 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $14,610 a year. Of the 14 areas in Texas with more bookkeepers than Amarillo, 7 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($41,530), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($45,860) and the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($44,760).

Amarillo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Amarillo is #215 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Michigan City-La Porte and Columbus pay just above Amarillo and Grand Island and Lima just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Amarillo. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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