Bookkeeper salary in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC

Pay in Pinehurst-Southern Pines against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Pinehurst-Southern Pines earns $37,660–$52,000. The top tenth earns $59,520 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. The mean ($45,740) 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 $14,340 wide, against $18,190 across North Carolina and $17,950 nationally: employers in Pinehurst-Southern Pines pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,480 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,860, or about $7,561 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, and the North Carolina statewide median of $47,930 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pinehurst-Southern Pines

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 $13,395 to the $46,140 median and brings it to $59,535 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines

Of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($49,430) and administrative assistants ($42,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,280.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #2 of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines (-8.9%), between project coordinators (-6.9%) and data entry specialists (-9.0%). The typical role here is at -17.6%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Pinehurst-Southern Pines than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 9.5% of the jobs in the 13 of these roles with a job count in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 9.7% across North Carolina and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $42,910 in Jacksonville to $50,800 in Charlotte-Concord, a gap of $7,890 a year. Of the 16 areas in North Carolina with more bookkeepers than Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 8 pay less, the largest of them the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area ($44,690), the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($44,920) and Wilmington, NC ($45,730).

Pinehurst-Southern Pines against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pinehurst-Southern Pines is #469 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Killeen-Temple and Logan pay just above Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Warner Robins and Sandusky just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Pinehurst-Southern Pines. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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