Bookkeeper salary in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ

Pay in Prescott Valley-Prescott against Arizona and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Prescott Valley-Prescott earns $40,700–$57,610. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,410, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,910 wide, between the figure for Arizona ($14,570) and the US figure ($17,950).

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $9,300 a year in pay and about $12,000 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,610 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 median and the 75th percentile in Prescott Valley-Prescott, and the Arizona statewide median of $50,590 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Prescott Valley-Prescott

At the $48,310 median, a local hire costs about $62,335 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,025 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott

Of the 15 roles we track in Prescott Valley-Prescott, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($49,500) and administrative assistants ($44,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,370.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in Prescott Valley-Prescott (-4.7%), between virtual receptionists (-0.6%) and administrative assistants (-6.2%). The typical role here is at -12.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Prescott Valley-Prescott than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 8.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Prescott Valley-Prescott, 6.5% across Arizona and 8.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $43,610 in Sierra Vista-Douglas to $51,980 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $8,370 a year. Of the 3 areas in Arizona with more bookkeepers than Prescott Valley-Prescott, 2 pay less: Tucson, AZ ($47,150) and the Arizona nonmetro area ($46,530).

Prescott Valley-Prescott against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Prescott Valley-Prescott is #411 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Arizona, Elmira and Topeka pay just above Prescott Valley-Prescott and Lawrence and Tulsa just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Prescott Valley-Prescott. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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