Bookkeeper salary in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against Idaho and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $71,640, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area earns $39,100–$57,180. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $18,080 wide, wider than in Idaho as a whole ($17,890) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $10,050 a year in pay and about $12,968 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,030 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 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, and the Idaho statewide median of $48,310 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

At the $47,130 median, a local hire costs about $60,813 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,683 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 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($49,300) and sales development representatives ($46,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,720.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area (-7.0%), between virtual receptionists (-4.5%) and accountants (-10.0%). The typical role here is at -16.7%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 14.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, 11.4% across Idaho and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $45,410 in Twin Falls to $50,330 in Coeur d'Alene, a gap of $4,920 a year. The one area in Idaho with more bookkeepers, Boise City, ID ($49,700), also pays more.

the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area is #251 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, St. George and Huntsville pay just above the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area and Watertown-Fort Drum and Harrisonburg just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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