Bookkeeper salary in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $42,610–$57,720. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $63,340, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $15,110 wide, between the figure for Wisconsin ($14,800) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $9,150 over the median, the 25th only $5,960 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,806 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $50,340 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern Wisconsin 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 $14,101 to the $48,570 median and brings it to $62,671 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 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($53,360) and HR assistants ($47,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,680.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area (-4.1%), between medical administrative assistants (+1.2%) and payroll specialists (-4.4%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area, 9.2% across Wisconsin and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $47,540 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $53,240 in Madison, a gap of $5,700 a year. All 2 areas in Wisconsin with more bookkeepers than the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($50,920) and Madison, WI ($53,240).

the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area is #139 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and Jackson pay just above the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area and Cheyenne and Grand Rapids-Wyoming just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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