Bookkeeper salary in Gettysburg, PA

Pay in Gettysburg against Pennsylvania and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $65,440, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Gettysburg earns $40,050–$55,190. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,140 wide, against $17,070 across Pennsylvania and $17,950 nationally: employers in Gettysburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,200 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,940, or about $10,245 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 Gettysburg, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $48,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gettysburg

At the $47,250 median, a local hire costs about $60,968 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,718 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 Gettysburg

Of the 12 roles we track in Gettysburg, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($51,640) and medical administrative assistants ($43,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,100.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 12 roles we track in Gettysburg (-6.7%), between medical administrative assistants (-5.2%) and virtual receptionists (-7.2%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Gettysburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.5% of the jobs in these 12 roles in Gettysburg, 9.0% across Pennsylvania and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $41,730 in Johnstown to $53,500 in Lebanon, a gap of $11,770 a year. Of the 19 areas in Pennsylvania with more bookkeepers than Gettysburg, 11 pay less, the largest of them Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($46,860), the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($44,620) and the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($45,120).

Gettysburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gettysburg is #510 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Pennsylvania, Beaumont-Port Arthur and Knoxville pay just above Gettysburg and Kankakee and Pensacola-Ferry Pass just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Gettysburg. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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