Bookkeeper salary in Kenosha, WI

Pay in Kenosha against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Kenosha earns $46,620–$58,680. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $64,050, only 1.6 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,060 wide, against $14,800 across Wisconsin and $17,950 nationally: employers in Kenosha pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,930 over the median, the 25th only $3,130 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,523 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 Kenosha, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $50,340 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Kenosha

At the $49,750 median, a local hire costs about $64,194 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,444 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 Kenosha

Of the 16 roles we track in Kenosha, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($51,200) and administrative assistants ($48,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,850.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Kenosha (-1.8%), between HR assistants (+1.2%) and accountants (-5.8%). The typical role here is at -3.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 9.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kenosha, 9.3% across Wisconsin and 8.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $47,540 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $53,240 in Madison, a gap of $5,700 a year. Of the 12 areas in Wisconsin with more bookkeepers than Kenosha, 9 pay less, the largest of them the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($48,570), the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($49,010) and Green Bay, WI ($49,160).

Kenosha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kenosha is #384 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Bozeman and Jacksonville pay just above Kenosha and Boise City and Eugene-Springfield just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Kenosha. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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