Bookkeeper salary in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area against Louisiana and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $60,370, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area earns $33,270–$50,180. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,910 wide, against $18,180 across Louisiana and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $10,350 over the median, the 25th only $6,560 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,355 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area, and the Louisiana statewide median of $44,890 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local bookkeepers earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area

At the $39,830 median, a local hire costs about $51,394 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,564 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 Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($47,990) and administrative assistants ($36,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,020.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area (-21.4%), between accountants (-19.8%) and paralegals (-21.5%). The typical role here is at -22.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 12.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area, 11.3% across Louisiana and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,910 in Lafayette to $46,980 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $8,070 a year. Of the 11 areas in Louisiana with more bookkeepers than the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Lafayette, LA ($38,910) and the Central Louisiana nonmetro area ($39,150).

the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area is #406 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Louisiana, Hattiesburg and Gulfport-Biloxi pay just above the Northeast Louisiana nonmetro area and Laredo and Florence-Muscle Shoals just below. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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