Bookkeeper salary in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $72,450, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area earns $45,050–$60,590. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,540 wide, against $22,000 across California and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California 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 $9,690 over the median, the 25th only $5,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,503 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 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $59,230 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

At the $50,900 median, a local hire costs about $65,677 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,777 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 Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($52,920) and medical administrative assistants ($49,590). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,670.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #8 of the 14 roles we track in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area (+0.5%), between project coordinators (+1.3%) and office managers (+0.1%). The typical role here is at +0.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 16.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area, 9.3% across California and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $47,960 in El Centro to $66,130 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $18,170 a year. All 20 areas in California with more bookkeepers than the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area also pay more, among them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($58,590) and San Francisco-Oakland, CA ($65,530).

the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area is #343 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 California, Milwaukee-Waukesha and Kansas City pay just above the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area and Santa Fe and Corvallis just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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