Bookkeeper salary in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI

Pay in Muskegon-Norton Shores against Michigan and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Muskegon-Norton Shores earns $41,410–$57,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $61,420, 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 $15,830 wide, between the figure for Michigan ($15,790) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,530 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,300, or about $12,000 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores, and the Michigan statewide median of $48,980 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Muskegon-Norton Shores

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 $13,918 to the $47,940 median and brings it to $61,858 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores

Of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($49,700) and paralegals ($47,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,360.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores (-5.4%), between administrative assistants (-5.3%) and e-commerce order specialists (-5.9%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Muskegon-Norton Shores than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Muskegon-Norton Shores, 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. Of the 14 areas in Michigan with more bookkeepers than Muskegon-Norton Shores, 7 pay less, the largest of them the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($46,440), the Southern Michigan nonmetro area ($47,020) and the Northern Michigan nonmetro area ($45,230).

Muskegon-Norton Shores against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Muskegon-Norton Shores is #462 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, El Centro and Ames pay just above Muskegon-Norton Shores and South Bend-Mishawaka and Lincoln just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in Muskegon-Norton Shores. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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