Bookkeeper salary in Cedar Rapids, IA

Pay in Cedar Rapids against Iowa and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Cedar Rapids earns $43,990–$57,790. The top tenth earns $66,120 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,800 wide, against $16,400 across Iowa and $17,950 nationally: employers in Cedar Rapids 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 $9,100 over the median, the 25th only $4,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,742 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 Cedar Rapids, and the Iowa statewide median of $48,180 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Cedar Rapids

At the $48,690 median, a local hire costs about $62,826 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,136 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 Cedar Rapids

Of the 17 roles we track in Cedar Rapids, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($53,260) and HR assistants ($46,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,760.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Cedar Rapids (-3.9%), between sales development representatives (-3.8%) and administrative assistants (-5.1%). The typical role here is at -8.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Cedar Rapids than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 8.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Cedar Rapids, 10.3% across Iowa and 8.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $46,600 in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area to $50,610 in Des Moines-West Des Moines, a gap of $4,010 a year. Of the 5 areas in Iowa with more bookkeepers than Cedar Rapids, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area ($46,640), the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area ($46,870) and Davenport-Moline, IA-IL ($47,840).

Cedar Rapids against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cedar Rapids is #244 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Reading and Indianapolis-Carmel pay just above Cedar Rapids and Jackson and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Cedar Rapids. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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