Bookkeeper salary in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA

Pay in Blacksburg-Christiansburg against Virginia and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Blacksburg-Christiansburg earns $42,740–$58,870. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $65,000, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($51,140) 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 only $16,130 wide, against $17,810 across Virginia and $17,950 nationally: employers in Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,880 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,250, or about $9,355 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 25th percentile and the median in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, and the Virginia statewide median of $51,620 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg

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 $14,986 to the $51,620 median and brings it to $66,606 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between HR assistants ($51,950) and payroll specialists ($46,770). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,070.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in Blacksburg-Christiansburg (+1.9%), between HR assistants (+2.6%) and administrative assistants (-7.2%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Blacksburg-Christiansburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 14.8% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 8.2% across Virginia and 9.6% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $45,270 in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area to $52,680 in Charlottesville, a gap of $7,410 a year. Of the 7 areas in Virginia with more bookkeepers than Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 6 pay less, the largest of them Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($48,690), Richmond, VA ($51,400) and Roanoke, VA ($46,420).

Blacksburg-Christiansburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Blacksburg-Christiansburg is #344 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 Virginia, Dallas-Fort Worth and Vineland pay just above Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Ithaca just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Blacksburg-Christiansburg. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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