Bookkeeper salary in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area against Minnesota and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $69,500, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area earns $43,220–$58,730. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,510 wide, against $15,670 across Minnesota and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Southeast Minnesota 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 $9,110 a year in pay and about $11,755 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,400 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 Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $54,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

At the $49,620 median, a local hire costs about $64,026 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,406 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 Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($49,640) and HR assistants ($48,810). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,570.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area (-2.1%), between recruiters (-1.4%) and HR assistants (-3.6%). The typical role here is at -1.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 13.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 9.2% across Minnesota and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $49,620 in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area to $58,350 in Rochester, a gap of $8,730 a year. All 2 areas in Minnesota with more bookkeepers than the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ($57,790) and the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($50,190).

the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area is #172 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Savannah and Minot pay just above the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area and Greenville-Anderson and Cincinnati just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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