Bookkeeper salary in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

Pay in Sioux Falls against South Dakota and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Sioux Falls earns $42,250–$53,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $60,030, only 1.6 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 $11,010 wide, against $12,630 across South Dakota and $17,950 nationally: employers in Sioux Falls pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $4,660 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,350, or about $8,194 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 Sioux Falls, and the South Dakota statewide median of $46,340 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Sioux Falls

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 $13,619 to the $46,910 median and brings it to $60,529 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 Sioux Falls

Of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($47,850) and HR assistants ($46,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,190.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls (-7.4%), between paralegals (-4.5%) and HR assistants (-7.5%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 19.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Sioux Falls, 23.5% across South Dakota and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $45,140 in the East South Dakota nonmetro area to $46,910 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $1,770 a year. No other area in South Dakota has as many bookkeepers, and all 3 others pay less.

Sioux Falls against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sioux Falls is #70 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 South Dakota, Chattanooga and Palm Bay-Melbourne pay just above Sioux Falls and Lakeland-Winter Haven and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Sioux Falls. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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