Bookkeeper salary in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $64,920, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $42,840–$59,680. The mean ($51,130) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,840 wide, between the figure for New Hampshire ($16,160) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,650 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,190, or about $10,568 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 25th percentile and the median in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $52,450 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

At the $51,490 median, a local hire costs about $66,439 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,949 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 Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($57,560) and HR assistants ($51,400). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,150.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area (+1.6%), between administrative assistants (+2.5%) and HR assistants (+1.6%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 10.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 9.6% across New Hampshire and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $49,160 in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $52,550 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $3,390 a year. Of the 2 areas in New Hampshire with more bookkeepers than the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area ($49,660).

the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area is #324 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New Hampshire, Ithaca and Buffalo-Cheektowaga pay just above the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area and Detroit-Warren and Lexington Park just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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