Bookkeeper salary in Grants Pass, OR

Pay in Grants Pass against Oregon and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $71,340, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Grants Pass earns $42,330–$59,270. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,940 wide, against $17,200 across Oregon and $17,950 nationally: employers in Grants Pass pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,940 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,000, or about $12,903 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 Grants Pass, and the Oregon statewide median of $54,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Grants Pass

At the $49,270 median, a local hire costs about $63,574 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,304 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 Grants Pass

Of the 14 roles we track in Grants Pass, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($49,430) and administrative assistants ($47,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,640.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #7 of the 14 roles we track in Grants Pass (-2.8%), between administrative assistants (-0.4%) and project coordinators (-6.5%). The typical role here is at -4.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 17.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Grants Pass, 11.6% across Oregon and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $46,660 in the Central Oregon nonmetro area to $57,040 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $10,380 a year. Of the 9 areas in Oregon with more bookkeepers than Grants Pass, 3 pay less: the Coast Oregon nonmetro area ($48,820), the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area ($49,010) and the Central Oregon nonmetro area ($46,660).

Grants Pass against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Grants Pass is #485 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Oregon, Eau Claire and Utica-Rome pay just above Grants Pass and Omaha and Iowa City just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Grants Pass. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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