Bookkeeper salary in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Pay in Salt Lake City-Murray against Utah and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Salt Lake City-Murray earns $44,390–$61,780. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $68,160, only 1.9 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 only $17,390 wide, against $18,070 across Utah and $17,950 nationally: employers in Salt Lake City-Murray pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $10,460 over the median, the 25th only $6,930 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,497 a year in employer cost. 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 25th percentile and the median in Salt Lake City-Murray, and the Utah statewide median of $49,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Salt Lake City-Murray

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 $14,899 to the $51,320 median and brings it to $66,219 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 Salt Lake City-Murray

Of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($56,430) and HR assistants ($49,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,000.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray (+1.3%), between customer support specialists (+1.4%) and administrative assistants (+0.8%). The typical role here is at -1.9%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Salt Lake City-Murray than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, 6.5% across Utah and 8.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $45,080 in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area to $51,320 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $6,240 a year. No other area in Utah has as many bookkeepers, and all 6 others pay less.

Salt Lake City-Murray against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salt Lake City-Murray is #44 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Utah, Richmond and Walla Walla pay just above Salt Lake City-Murray and Visalia and Atlanta-Sandy Springs just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Salt Lake City-Murray. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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