Bookkeeper salary in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area

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

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area earns $39,880–$59,400. The top tenth earns $67,710 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $19,520 wide, wider than in Wyoming as a whole ($17,630) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,030 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $11,490, or about $14,826 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 Wyoming nonmetro area, and the Wyoming statewide median of $47,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area

At the $47,910 median, a local hire costs about $61,819 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,909 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 Wyoming nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($49,540) and administrative assistants ($45,970). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,090.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area (-5.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-4.1%) and accountants (-7.1%). The typical role here is at -9.2%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 17.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area, 17.1% across Wyoming and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wyoming

Across the 4 areas of Wyoming with data for this job, the median runs from $47,570 in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area to $48,550 in Cheyenne, a gap of $980 a year. The one area in Wyoming with more bookkeepers, the Western Wyoming nonmetro area ($47,570), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area is #267 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wyoming, Lincoln and South Bend-Mishawaka pay just above the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area and Gainesville and Punta Gorda just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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