Bookkeeper salary in Gainesville, GA

Pay in Gainesville against Georgia and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $67,190, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Gainesville earns $41,640–$57,850. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,210 wide, against $19,600 across Georgia and $17,950 nationally: employers in Gainesville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,790 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,420, or about $12,155 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 Gainesville, and the Georgia statewide median of $49,350 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gainesville

At the $48,430 median, a local hire costs about $62,490 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,060 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 Gainesville

Of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($49,110) and medical administrative assistants ($45,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,970.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville (-4.4%), between payroll specialists (-3.1%) and office managers (-9.7%). The typical role here is at -10.2%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Gainesville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 9.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gainesville, 7.6% across Georgia and 8.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $42,800 in Columbus to $51,170 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $8,370 a year. Of the 8 areas in Georgia with more bookkeepers than Gainesville, 6 pay less, the largest of them Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($46,450), the South Georgia nonmetro area ($44,210) and the North Georgia nonmetro area ($45,210).

Gainesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gainesville is #323 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Orlando-Kissimmee and Spartanburg pay just above Gainesville and Lafayette-West Lafayette and Memphis just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Gainesville. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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