Bookkeeper salary in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area

Pay in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area against Illinois and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area earns $39,520–$54,310. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,780, only 1.8 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 $14,790 wide, against $17,450 across Illinois and $17,950 nationally: employers in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,910 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,880, or about $10,168 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 the East Central Illinois nonmetro area, and the Illinois statewide median of $49,560 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the East Central Illinois 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 $13,480 to the $46,430 median and brings it to $59,910 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 East Central Illinois nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($53,530) and medical administrative assistants ($45,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,680.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area (-8.4%), between data entry specialists (-8.3%) and virtual receptionists (-8.5%). The typical role here is at -8.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 12.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area, 8.4% across Illinois and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 12 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $45,220 in Bloomington to $51,440 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $6,220 a year. Of the 2 areas in Illinois with more bookkeepers than the East Central Illinois nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the West Central Illinois nonmetro area ($45,760).

the East Central Illinois nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Central Illinois nonmetro area is #189 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Owensboro and Augusta-Richmond County pay just above the East Central Illinois nonmetro area and Roanoke and Ocala just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the East Central Illinois nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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