Bookkeeper salary in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area

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

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $65,060, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area earns $40,080–$60,670. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $20,590 wide, wider than in Minnesota as a whole ($15,670) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the Northeast Minnesota 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 $10,600 a year in pay and about $13,677 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $9,990 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 Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $54,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area

At the $50,070 median, a local hire costs about $64,606 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,536 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 Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($50,380) and administrative assistants ($46,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,150.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area (-1.2%), between customer support specialists (-0.8%) and administrative assistants (-1.9%). The typical role here is at -6.0%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 15.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 9.2% across Minnesota and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $49,620 in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area to $58,350 in Rochester, a gap of $8,730 a year. Of the 8 areas in Minnesota with more bookkeepers than the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area ($49,620).

the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area is #450 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Minnesota, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Sheboygan pay just above the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area and St. Louis and Las Vegas-Henderson just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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