Bookkeeper salary in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area earns $39,630–$55,080. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $63,760, only 1.8 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 $15,450 wide, against $15,790 across Michigan and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,810 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,640, or about $11,148 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $48,980 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area

At the $46,440 median, a local hire costs about $59,923 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,483 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 Mid Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($47,030) and customer support specialists ($40,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,830.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area (-8.3%), between HR assistants (-7.1%) and customer support specialists (-10.1%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area, 9.3% across Michigan and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $45,230 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $51,480 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $6,250 a year. All 4 areas in Michigan with more bookkeepers than the Mid Michigan nonmetro area also pay more, among them Detroit-Warren, MI ($51,480) and Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($48,550).

the Mid Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Mid Michigan nonmetro area is #185 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Augusta-Richmond County and Chambersburg pay just above the Mid Michigan nonmetro area and Owensboro and Roanoke just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Mid Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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