Bookkeeper salary in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $43,780–$57,880. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $63,690, only 1.8 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 $14,100 wide, against $14,800 across Wisconsin and $17,950 nationally: employers in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area 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 $8,870 over the median, the 25th only $5,230 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $11,445 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 median and the 75th percentile in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $50,340 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

At the $49,010 median, a local hire costs about $63,239 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,229 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 the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($51,970) and HR assistants ($48,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,460.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area (-3.3%), between e-commerce order specialists (-2.9%) and administrative assistants (-3.7%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.1% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, 9.3% across Wisconsin and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $47,540 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $53,240 in Madison, a gap of $5,700 a year. All 2 areas in Wisconsin with more bookkeepers than the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($50,920) and Madison, WI ($53,240).

the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area is #140 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Allentown-Bethlehem and Akron pay just above the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area and Bangor and Cape Coral-Fort Myers just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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