Bookkeeper salary in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area against Alabama and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $58,990, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area earns $35,470–$48,870. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,400 wide, against $14,290 across Alabama and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Northwest Alabama 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 $5,730 a year in pay and about $7,394 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,670 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area, and the Alabama statewide median of $44,640 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 Northwest Alabama 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 $12,525 to the $43,140 median and brings it to $55,665 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 Northwest Alabama nonmetro area

Of the 13 roles we track in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($49,830) and paralegals ($42,590). Accountant is the highest at $71,420.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 13 roles we track in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area (-14.9%), between customer support specialists (-14.7%) and office managers (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -21.5%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.8% of the jobs in these 13 roles in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area, 9.4% across Alabama and 9.5% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $38,810 in Florence-Muscle Shoals to $47,330 in Birmingham, a gap of $8,520 a year. Of the 9 areas in Alabama with more bookkeepers than the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area, 3 pay less: the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($40,630), the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area ($40,650) and the Southwest Alabama nonmetro area ($39,650).

the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area is #375 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 Alabama, Alexandria and Albany pay just above the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area and Jacksonville and Eagle Pass just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in the Northwest Alabama nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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