Bookkeeper salary in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area against Vermont and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area earns $47,950–$63,370. The top tenth earns $79,230 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,420 wide, against $15,570 across Vermont and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,790 a year in pay and about $11,342 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,630 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 25th percentile and the median in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, and the Vermont statewide median of $54,720 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area

At the $54,580 median, a local hire costs about $70,426 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $15,846 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 Vermont nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($56,960) and HR assistants ($49,690). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $76,920.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area (+7.7%), between customer support specialists (+7.9%) and data entry specialists (+7.6%). The typical role here is at +1.8%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.7% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, 12.5% across Vermont and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $52,160 in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area to $56,690 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $4,530 a year. Of the 2 areas in Vermont with more bookkeepers than the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southern Vermont nonmetro area ($52,160).

the Northern Vermont nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Vermont nonmetro area is #292 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 Vermont, Portland-South Portland and Providence-Warwick pay just above the Northern Vermont nonmetro area and Kingston and Salem just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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