Bookkeeper salary in the Maryland nonmetro area

Pay in the Maryland nonmetro area against Maryland and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $70,680, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Maryland nonmetro area earns $42,320–$59,080. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,760 wide, against $17,050 across Maryland and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Maryland nonmetro area 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 $10,200 over the median, the 25th only $6,560 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,161 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 the Maryland nonmetro area, and the Maryland statewide median of $53,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Maryland nonmetro area

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 $14,191 to the $48,880 median and brings it to $63,071 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 the Maryland nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Maryland nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($55,340) and e-commerce order specialists ($47,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,490.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the Maryland nonmetro area (-3.5%), between medical administrative assistants (-2.9%) and payroll specialists (-3.8%). The typical role here is at -8.1%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Maryland nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 10.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Maryland nonmetro area, 5.9% across Maryland and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $46,490 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg to $53,570 in Baltimore-Columbia, a gap of $7,080 a year. The one area in Maryland with more bookkeepers, Baltimore-Columbia, MD ($53,570), also pays more.

the Maryland nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Maryland nonmetro area is #238 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Maryland, Wausau and Columbia pay just above the Maryland nonmetro area and Asheville and Cleveland just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Maryland nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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