Bookkeeper salary in the North Georgia nonmetro area

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

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $66,690 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of bookkeepers in the North Georgia nonmetro area earns $35,620–$55,260. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $19,640 wide, wider than in Georgia as a whole ($19,600) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the North Georgia nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,590 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,050, or about $12,968 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 North Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $49,350 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Georgia 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 $13,125 to the $45,210 median and brings it to $58,335 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 North Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($45,860) and e-commerce order specialists ($40,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,550.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the North Georgia nonmetro area (-10.8%), between data entry specialists (-9.5%) and e-commerce order specialists (-12.8%). The typical role here is at -14.9%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the North Georgia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Georgia nonmetro area, 7.6% across Georgia and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $42,800 in Columbus to $51,170 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $8,370 a year. Of the 3 areas in Georgia with more bookkeepers than the North Georgia nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Georgia nonmetro area ($44,210).

the North Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Georgia nonmetro area is #173 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Bloomington and Jackson pay just above the North Georgia nonmetro area and Jefferson City and Joplin just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the North Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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