Bookkeeper salary in Minot, ND

Pay in Minot against North Dakota and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Minot earns $44,650–$58,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $70,050, 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 $14,250 wide, between the figure for North Dakota ($14,240) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,240 over the median, the 25th only $5,010 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,923 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 Minot, and the North Dakota statewide median of $49,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Minot

At the $49,660 median, a local hire costs about $64,077 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,417 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 Minot

Of the 12 roles we track in Minot, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($52,560) and medical administrative assistants ($48,880). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,990.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 12 roles we track in Minot (-2.0%), between customer support specialists (-0.5%) and office managers (-4.9%). The typical role here is at -3.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 14.0% of the jobs in these 12 roles in Minot, 13.1% across North Dakota and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $48,870 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $50,570 in Fargo, a gap of $1,700 a year. Of the 5 areas in North Dakota with more bookkeepers than Minot, 2 pay less: the East North Dakota nonmetro area ($48,870) and Bismarck, ND ($49,310).

Minot against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Minot is #503 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside North Dakota, Flagstaff and Albuquerque pay just above Minot and Savannah and Greenville-Anderson just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Minot. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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