Bookkeeper salary in Laredo, TX

Pay in Laredo against Texas and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $68,460 or more, 2.5 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 Laredo earns $33,750–$49,560. The mean ($43,500) is 10% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,810 wide, against $19,610 across Texas and $17,950 nationally: employers in Laredo 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 $9,850 over the median, the 25th only $5,960 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,710 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Laredo, and the Texas statewide median of $48,910 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 Laredo

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 $11,529 to the $39,710 median and brings it to $51,239 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 Laredo

Of the 17 roles we track in Laredo, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($41,030) and medical administrative assistants ($37,190). Project Coordinator is the highest at $72,530.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Laredo (-21.6%), between office managers (-19.1%) and administrative assistants (-22.0%). The typical role here is at -24.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 10.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Laredo, 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. All 19 areas in Texas with more bookkeepers than Laredo also pay more, among them Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ($51,720) and Houston-Pasadena, TX ($49,460).

Laredo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Laredo is #254 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 Texas, Hattiesburg and Gulfport-Biloxi pay just above Laredo and Lafayette and Florence-Muscle Shoals just below. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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