Bookkeeper salary in the North Florida nonmetro area

Pay in the North Florida nonmetro area against Florida and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $70,120, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the North Florida nonmetro area earns $38,540–$58,170. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $19,630 wide, wider than in Florida as a whole ($17,070) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the North Florida nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $10,800 a year in pay and about $13,935 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,830 in pay. 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 North Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $49,330 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Florida nonmetro area

At the $47,370 median, a local hire costs about $61,123 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,753 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 North Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($48,460) and administrative assistants ($43,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,170.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area (-6.5%); payroll specialists come last (-30.3%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the North Florida nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the North Florida nonmetro area, 7.7% across Florida and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $44,360 in Homosassa Springs to $51,000 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $6,640 a year. Of the 16 areas in Florida with more bookkeepers than the North Florida nonmetro area, 5 pay less, the largest of them Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($46,860), Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL ($46,960) and Pensacola-Ferry Pass, FL ($47,240).

the North Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Florida nonmetro area is #274 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Sioux City and Missoula pay just above the North Florida nonmetro area and Athens-Clarke County and Birmingham just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the North Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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