Bookkeeper salary in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area earns $43,650–$59,720. The top tenth earns $73,600 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. The mean ($54,120) is 8% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,070 wide, against $21,930 across New York and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,780 over the median, the 25th only $6,290 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,619 a year in employer cost. 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 Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $58,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Capital/Northern New York 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 $14,499 to the $49,940 median and brings it to $64,439 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 Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($56,210) and e-commerce order specialists ($49,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,210.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area (-1.4%), between administrative assistants (-1.4%) and HR assistants (-2.4%). The typical role here is at -4.4%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 15.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, 7.7% across New York and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $47,100 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $60,640 in New York-Newark, a gap of $13,540 a year. Of the 7 areas in New York with more bookkeepers than the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($49,300).

the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area is #134 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Las Vegas-Henderson pay just above the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area and Jacksonville and Bozeman just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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