Bookkeeper salary in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $67,950 or more, 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $37,350–$54,490. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,140 wide, against $19,610 across Texas and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,410 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,730, or about $12,555 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 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $48,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $12,995 to the $44,760 median and brings it to $57,755 a year. 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 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($45,550) and medical administrative assistants ($44,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,390.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area (-11.7%), between accountants (-11.0%) and data entry specialists (-13.1%). The typical role here is at -15.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, 7.8% across Texas and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $39,710 in Laredo to $54,320 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $14,610 a year. Of the 7 areas in Texas with more bookkeepers than the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area, 1 pays less: El Paso, TX ($41,530).

the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area is #107 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Yuma and Parkersburg-Vienna pay just above the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area and Jonesboro and Muncie just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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