Bookkeeper salary in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $72,800 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $36,960–$57,240. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $20,280 wide, wider than in Texas as a whole ($19,610) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $10,120 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $10,160, or about $13,110 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $48,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Region of Texas 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 $13,668 to the $47,080 median and brings it to $60,748 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 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($49,350) and administrative assistants ($43,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,960.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-7.1%), between paralegals (-6.8%) and project coordinators (-7.2%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 16.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 7.8% across Texas and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $39,710 in Laredo to $54,320 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $14,610 a year. Of the 6 areas in Texas with more bookkeepers than the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 2 pay less: El Paso, TX ($41,530) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($45,860).

the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #103 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Texas, Harrisonburg and Watertown-Fort Drum pay just above the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Lynchburg and Greensboro-High Point just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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