Bookkeeper salary in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

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

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $59,370, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $36,410–$50,960. The mean ($44,780) 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 only $14,550 wide, against $17,070 across Pennsylvania and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,410 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,140, or about $7,923 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $48,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $44,820 median, a local hire costs about $57,832 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,012 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 Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($46,780) and medical administrative assistants ($39,740). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,080.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-11.5%), between HR assistants (-7.6%) and customer support specialists (-12.1%). The typical role here is at -14.9%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 8.5% across Pennsylvania and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $41,730 in Johnstown to $53,500 in Lebanon, a gap of $11,770 a year. Of the 10 areas in Pennsylvania with more bookkeepers than the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($44,620).

the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #223 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 Pennsylvania, Yuma and Parkersburg-Vienna pay just above the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Jonesboro and Muncie just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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