Bookkeeper salary in Carson City, NV

Pay in Carson City against Nevada and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $71,390, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Carson City earns $42,700–$59,030. The mean ($52,380) is 9% 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 $16,330 wide, against $16,490 across Nevada and $17,950 nationally: employers in Carson City 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 $10,790 over the median, the 25th only $5,540 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,923 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 Carson City, and the Nevada statewide median of $50,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Carson City

At the $48,240 median, a local hire costs about $62,245 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,005 here. 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 Carson City

Of the 14 roles we track in Carson City, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($49,270) and customer support specialists ($43,060). Accountant is the highest at $93,560.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #11 of the 14 roles we track in Carson City (-4.8%), between customer support specialists (-3.8%) and sales development representatives (-5.8%). The typical role here is at -0.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost less in Carson City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 15.2% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Carson City, 10.7% across Nevada and 8.9% 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. All 3 areas in Nevada with more bookkeepers than Carson City also pay more, among them Las Vegas-Henderson, NV ($49,960) and Reno, NV ($52,000).

Carson City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Carson City is #403 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Nevada, Tulsa and Lawrence pay just above Carson City and Lancaster and Monroe just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Carson City. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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