Bookkeeper salary in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $70,480 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 Border Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $37,110–$55,310. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $18,200 wide, between the figure for Texas ($19,610) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $10,080 a year in pay and about $13,006 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,120 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $48,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Border Region of Texas 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 $13,131 to the $45,230 median and brings it to $58,361 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 Border Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($52,340) and payroll specialists ($44,110). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,250.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 14 roles we track in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area (-10.7%), between paralegals (-6.2%) and administrative assistants (-12.0%). The typical role here is at -18.5%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.2% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area, 7.9% across Texas and 8.8% 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 27 areas in Texas with more bookkeepers than the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area, 8 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($41,530), the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($44,760) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($41,960).

the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area is #458 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Jackson and Brunswick-St. Simons pay just above the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area and Bloomington and Jefferson City just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Border Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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