Bookkeeper salary in the Connecticut nonmetro area

Pay in the Connecticut nonmetro area against Connecticut and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $79,970, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Connecticut nonmetro area earns $48,310–$65,220. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,910 wide, against $20,870 across Connecticut and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Connecticut 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 $10,320 over the median, the 25th only $6,590 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,316 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 25th percentile and the median in the Connecticut nonmetro area, and the Connecticut statewide median of $59,970 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Connecticut 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 $15,939 to the $54,900 median and brings it to $70,839 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 Connecticut nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Connecticut nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($60,240) and administrative assistants ($50,640). Accountant is the highest at $90,420.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 14 roles we track in the Connecticut nonmetro area (+8.3%); marketing specialists come last (-18.5%). The typical role here is at +1.7%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Connecticut nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.7% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Connecticut nonmetro area, 8.4% across Connecticut and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $54,900 in the Connecticut nonmetro area to $62,890 in New Haven, a gap of $7,990 a year. All 5 areas in Connecticut with more bookkeepers than the Connecticut nonmetro area also pay more, among them Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($59,470) and Bridgeport-Stamford, CT ($61,390).

the Connecticut nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Connecticut nonmetro area is #355 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Connecticut, Kahului-Wailuku and Bend pay just above the Connecticut nonmetro area and Providence-Warwick and Portland-South Portland just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in the Connecticut nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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