Bookkeeper salary in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC

Pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against South Carolina and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $73,500, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton earns $42,560–$63,500. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $20,940 wide, wider than in South Carolina as a whole ($18,430) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $13,250 over the median, the 25th only $7,690 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $17,097 a year in employer cost. 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, and the South Carolina statewide median of $47,940 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

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 $14,589 to the $50,250 median and brings it to $64,839 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

Of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($51,570) and data entry specialists ($49,280). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,990.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton (-0.8%), between data entry specialists (+19.2%) and administrative assistants (-1.6%). The typical role here is at -10.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 9.6% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 8.1% across South Carolina and 8.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $43,810 in Sumter to $50,400 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $6,590 a year. Of the 5 areas in South Carolina with more bookkeepers than Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 4 pay less, the largest of them Greenville-Anderson, SC ($49,600), Columbia, SC ($46,690) and Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($46,790).

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton is #314 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Grand Forks and Miami-Fort Lauderdale pay just above Hilton Head Island-Bluffton and Lewiston-Auburn and Raleigh-Cary just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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