Bookkeeper salary in Casper, WY

Pay in Casper against Wyoming and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Casper earns $40,520–$56,940. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $67,470, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,420 wide, against $17,630 across Wyoming and $17,950 nationally: employers in Casper pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,770 a year in pay and about $11,316 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,650 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 Casper, and the Wyoming statewide median of $47,910 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Casper

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 $13,985 to the $48,170 median and brings it to $62,155 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 Casper

Of the 13 roles we track in Casper, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($49,360) and administrative assistants ($46,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,910.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 13 roles we track in Casper (-4.9%), between project coordinators (-3.3%) and office managers (-8.8%). The typical role here is at -8.8%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Casper than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 15.3% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Casper, 17.3% across Wyoming and 8.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wyoming

Across the 4 areas of Wyoming with data for this job, the median runs from $47,570 in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area to $48,550 in Cheyenne, a gap of $980 a year. Of the 3 areas in Wyoming with more bookkeepers than Casper, 2 pay less: the Western Wyoming nonmetro area ($47,570) and the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area ($47,910).

Casper against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Casper is #446 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Wyoming, Port St. Lucie and Lewiston pay just above Casper and San Antonio-New Braunfels and Niles just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Casper. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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