Bookkeeper salary in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Pay in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against Utah and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area earns $37,440–$54,500. The top tenth earns $61,930 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,060 wide, against $18,070 across Utah and $17,950 nationally: employers in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $9,420 a year in pay and about $12,155 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,640 in pay. 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 High Desert Utah nonmetro area, and the Utah statewide median of $49,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

At the $45,080 median, a local hire costs about $58,168 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,088 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 High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($54,110) and administrative assistants ($43,400). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,550.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area (-11.0%), between sales development representatives (-10.4%) and paralegals (-11.4%). The typical role here is at -10.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 10.2% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, 6.6% across Utah and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $45,080 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $51,320 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $6,240 a year. All 3 areas in Utah with more bookkeepers than the High Desert Utah nonmetro area also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($51,320) and Provo-Orem, UT ($47,600).

the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the High Desert Utah nonmetro area is #315 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Utah, Lawton and Hickory-Lenoir pay just above the High Desert Utah nonmetro area and Longview and Fort Smith just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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