Bookkeeper salary in the East North Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the East North Dakota nonmetro area against North Dakota and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the East North Dakota nonmetro area earns $40,560–$54,600. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,690, only 1.7 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 $14,040 wide, against $14,240 across North Dakota and $17,950 nationally: employers in the East North Dakota nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,310 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,730, or about $7,394 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 North Dakota nonmetro area, and the North Dakota statewide median of $49,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the East North Dakota nonmetro area

At the $48,870 median, a local hire costs about $63,058 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,188 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 the East North Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($50,420) and sales development representatives ($46,180). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,490.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 14 roles we track in the East North Dakota nonmetro area (-3.6%), between paralegals (-3.2%) and recruiters (-6.3%). The typical role here is at -7.0%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the East North Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 16.9% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, 12.8% across North Dakota and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $48,870 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $50,570 in Fargo, a gap of $1,700 a year. All 2 areas in North Dakota with more bookkeepers than the East North Dakota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Fargo, ND-MN ($50,570) and the West North Dakota nonmetro area ($50,000).

the East North Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East North Dakota nonmetro area is #352 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Asheville and Wausau pay just above the East North Dakota nonmetro area and Cleveland and Binghamton just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the East North Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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