Bookkeeper salary in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $61,830, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $37,580–$52,450. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,870 wide, against $18,430 across South Carolina and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,140 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,730, or about $9,974 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 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $47,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $44,720 median, a local hire costs about $57,703 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,983 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 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($46,690) and administrative assistants ($38,480). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,840.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area (-11.7%), between virtual receptionists (-9.3%) and accountants (-12.4%). The typical role here is at -18.7%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 10.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, 8.0% across South Carolina and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $43,810 in Sumter to $50,400 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $6,590 a year. All 8 areas in South Carolina with more bookkeepers than the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area also pay more, among them Greenville-Anderson, SC ($49,600) and Charleston-North Charleston, SC ($50,400).

the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area is #365 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 South Carolina, Yuma and Parkersburg-Vienna pay just above the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area and Jonesboro and Muncie just below. All four are within $260 a year of the median in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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