Bookkeeper salary in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against West Virginia and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $57,570, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area earns $34,870–$47,590. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,720 wide, against $13,070 across West Virginia and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $6,520 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,200, or about $8,000 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, and the West Virginia statewide median of $42,890 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local bookkeepers earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area

At the $41,390 median, a local hire costs about $53,406 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,016 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 West Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($41,890) and customer support specialists ($39,300). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,940.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area (-18.3%), between recruiters (-18.0%) and virtual receptionists (-19.0%). The typical role here is at -18.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 16.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, 12.9% across West Virginia and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $38,450 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $45,140 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $6,690 a year. No other area in West Virginia has as many bookkeepers, and 1 of the other 8 pays less.

the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area is #152 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 West Virginia, El Paso and Brownsville-Harlingen pay just above the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area and Dothan and Gadsden just below. All four are within $580 a year of the median in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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