Bookkeeper salary in the South Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the South Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $63,060, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the South Georgia nonmetro area earns $36,210–$51,720. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,510 wide, against $19,600 across Georgia and $17,950 nationally: employers in the South Georgia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,510 a year in pay and about $9,690 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,000 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 the South Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $49,350 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Georgia nonmetro area

At the $44,210 median, a local hire costs about $57,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,835 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 Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($52,000) and HR assistants ($41,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,640.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area (-12.7%), between paralegals (-12.5%) and data entry specialists (-15.5%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the South Georgia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 10.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Georgia nonmetro area, 7.6% across Georgia and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $42,800 in Columbus to $51,170 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $8,370 a year. All 2 areas in Georgia with more bookkeepers than the South Georgia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($51,170) and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($46,450).

the South Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Georgia nonmetro area is #162 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Auburn-Opelika and San Angelo pay just above the South Georgia nonmetro area and Bowling Green and Morristown just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in the South Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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