Bookkeeper salary in Cheyenne, WY

Pay in Cheyenne against Wyoming and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $71,930, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Cheyenne earns $40,630–$58,490. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $17,860 wide, between the figure for Wyoming ($17,630) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,920 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,940, or about $12,826 once benefits are added. 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 Cheyenne, and the Wyoming statewide median of $47,910 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Cheyenne

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 $14,095 to the $48,550 median and brings it to $62,645 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 Cheyenne

Of the 14 roles we track in Cheyenne, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between executive assistants ($51,540) and paralegals ($48,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,060.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 14 roles we track in Cheyenne (-4.2%), between customer support specialists (-1.6%) and office managers (-7.8%). The typical role here is at -8.4%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Cheyenne than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Cheyenne, 17.2% across Wyoming and 8.8% 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. All 2 areas in Wyoming with more bookkeepers than Cheyenne pay less, among them the Western Wyoming nonmetro area ($47,570) and the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area ($47,910).

Cheyenne against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cheyenne is #439 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Wyoming, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and Jackson pay just above Cheyenne and Grand Rapids-Wyoming and Harrisburg-Carlisle just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Cheyenne. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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