Bookkeeper salary in the Massachusetts nonmetro area

Pay in the Massachusetts nonmetro area against Massachusetts and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Massachusetts nonmetro area earns $51,830–$69,620. The top tenth earns $82,160 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. The mean ($61,700) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,790 wide, against $19,950 across Massachusetts and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Massachusetts nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,940 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,850, or about $10,129 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 10th and 25th percentiles in the Massachusetts nonmetro area, and the Massachusetts statewide median of $59,830 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local bookkeepers earn.

What a hire really costs in the Massachusetts 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 $17,933 to the $61,770 median and brings it to $79,703 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 Massachusetts nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Massachusetts nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($62,410) and administrative assistants ($56,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,270.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 14 roles we track in the Massachusetts nonmetro area (+21.9%); project coordinators come last (-5.9%). The typical role here is at +7.4%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Massachusetts nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 13.1% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Massachusetts nonmetro area, 7.5% across Massachusetts and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Massachusetts

Across the 7 areas of Massachusetts with data for this job, the median runs from $54,170 in Springfield to $61,770 in the Massachusetts nonmetro area, a gap of $7,600 a year. All 6 areas in Massachusetts with more bookkeepers than the Massachusetts nonmetro area pay less, among them Boston-Cambridge, MA-NH ($60,960) and Worcester, MA ($56,350).

the Massachusetts nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Massachusetts nonmetro area is #457 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Massachusetts, Santa Cruz-Watsonville and New Haven pay just above the Massachusetts nonmetro area and Napa and Bridgeport-Stamford just below. All four are within $1,120 a year of the median in the Massachusetts nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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