Bookkeeper salary in the Kansas nonmetro area

Pay in the Kansas nonmetro area against Kansas and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Kansas nonmetro area earns $36,910–$49,230. The top tenth earns $58,320 or more, 2.1 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. The mean ($43,650) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,320 wide, against $17,170 across Kansas and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Kansas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $4,570 over it, while the 25th sits $7,750 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $5,897 more a year with benefits. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Kansas nonmetro area, and the Kansas statewide median of $47,290 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local bookkeepers earn.

What a hire really costs in the Kansas nonmetro area

At the $44,660 median, a local hire costs about $57,626 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,966 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 Kansas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($47,400) and HR assistants ($44,110). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,010.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area (-11.9%), between accountants (-10.9%) and HR assistants (-12.8%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 12.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Kansas nonmetro area, 9.7% across Kansas and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $44,660 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $48,350 in Topeka, a gap of $3,690 a year. No other area in Kansas has as many bookkeepers, and none of the others pays less.

the Kansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Kansas nonmetro area is #52 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 Kansas, Jonesboro and Yuma pay just above the Kansas nonmetro area and Muncie and Wheeling just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in the Kansas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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