Bookkeeper salary in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area

Pay in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area against Nevada and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $74,840 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area earns $40,220–$60,350. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $20,130 wide, wider than in Nevada as a whole ($16,490) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,750 a year in pay and about $11,290 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,380 in pay. 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 25th percentile and the median in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area, and the Nevada statewide median of $50,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area

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 $14,981 to the $51,600 median and brings it to $66,581 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 the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($53,640) and administrative assistants ($47,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,040.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area (+1.8%), between medical administrative assistants (+3.0%) and administrative assistants (+0.5%). The typical role here is at -6.9%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 14.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area, 10.5% across Nevada and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nevada

Across the 4 areas of Nevada with data for this job, the median runs from $48,240 in Carson City to $52,000 in Reno, a gap of $3,760 a year. Of the 2 areas in Nevada with more bookkeepers than the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Las Vegas-Henderson, NV ($49,960).

the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area is #298 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Nevada, Ithaca and Buffalo-Cheektowaga pay just above the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area and Detroit-Warren and Lexington Park just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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