Bookkeeper salary in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area against Idaho and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $63,590, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area earns $39,000–$53,550. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,550 wide, against $17,890 across Idaho and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $5,790 over it, while the 25th sits $8,760 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $7,471 more a year with benefits. 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 Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, and the Idaho statewide median of $48,310 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area

At the $47,760 median, a local hire costs about $61,626 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,866 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 Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area

Of the 13 roles we track in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($48,410) and paralegals ($47,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,590.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 13 roles we track in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area (-5.7%), between medical administrative assistants (-3.6%) and customer support specialists (-10.0%). The typical role here is at -15.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 18.6% of the jobs in these 13 roles in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, 11.7% across Idaho and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $45,410 in Twin Falls to $50,330 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $4,920 a year. Of the 2 areas in Idaho with more bookkeepers than the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area ($47,130).

the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area is #265 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, Fort Wayne and Sherman-Denison pay just above the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area and Bay City and Greenville just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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