Bookkeeper salary in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $65,590, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area earns $39,500–$57,260. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $17,760 wide, between the figure for Ohio ($16,360) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,510 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,250, or about $11,935 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 Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $48,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $48,010 median, a local hire costs about $61,948 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,938 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 Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($49,360) and HR assistants ($47,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,950.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area (-5.2%); sales development representatives come last (-22.6%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 8.8% across Ohio and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $45,750 in Springfield to $51,170 in Columbus, a gap of $5,420 a year. Of the 10 areas in Ohio with more bookkeepers than the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 5 pay less, the largest of them Toledo, OH ($47,840), the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($47,400) and the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area ($47,840).

the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area is #219 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Honolulu and Kalamazoo-Portage pay just above the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area and Lexington-Fayette and Louisville just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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