Bookkeeper salary in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $62,400, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $34,090–$49,480. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,390 wide, against $16,190 across Mississippi and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,610 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,780, or about $11,329 once benefits are added. 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 Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $42,840 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 Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $40,700 median, a local hire costs about $52,516 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,816 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 Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($44,100) and e-commerce order specialists ($36,810). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,960.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area (-19.7%), between customer support specialists (-19.6%) and e-commerce order specialists (-20.3%). The typical role here is at -23.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $39,520 in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area to $43,920 in Jackson, a gap of $4,400 a year. Of the 3 areas in Mississippi with more bookkeepers than the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ($40,530).

the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area is #227 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 Mississippi, Johnson City and Gadsden pay just above the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area and Laredo and Lafayette just below. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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