Bookkeeper salary in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Pay in Lewiston-Auburn against Maine and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Lewiston-Auburn earns $45,860–$60,530. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $70,810, only 1.7 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 $14,670 wide, against $15,110 across Maine and $17,950 nationally: employers in Lewiston-Auburn 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 $10,300 over the median, the 25th only $4,370 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,290 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 Lewiston-Auburn, and the Maine statewide median of $50,510 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lewiston-Auburn

At the $50,230 median, a local hire costs about $64,813 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,583 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 Lewiston-Auburn

Of the 16 roles we track in Lewiston-Auburn, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($54,750) and HR assistants ($49,910). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,490.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in Lewiston-Auburn (-0.9%), between project coordinators (+0.2%) and HR assistants (-1.4%). The typical role here is at -1.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 14.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Lewiston-Auburn, 13.5% across Maine and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $47,050 in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area to $54,610 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $7,560 a year. Of the 4 areas in Maine with more bookkeepers than Lewiston-Auburn, 3 pay less: the Southwest Maine nonmetro area ($48,360), the Northeast Maine nonmetro area ($47,050) and Bangor, ME ($49,000).

Lewiston-Auburn against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lewiston-Auburn is #410 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Maine, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton and Grand Forks pay just above Lewiston-Auburn and Raleigh-Cary and Sheboygan just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Lewiston-Auburn. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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