Bookkeeper salary in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $63,290, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $36,200–$54,680. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $18,480 wide, wider than in South Carolina as a whole ($18,430) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the Southern South Carolina 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 $10,240 a year in pay and about $13,213 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,240 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 Southern South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $47,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $44,440 median, a local hire costs about $57,342 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,902 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 Southern South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 13 roles we track in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($47,060) and administrative assistants ($39,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,650.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 13 roles we track in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area (-12.3%); marketing specialists come last (-32.1%). The typical role here is at -16.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.6% of the jobs in these 13 roles in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area, 8.2% across South Carolina and 8.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $43,810 in Sumter to $50,400 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $6,590 a year. All 9 areas in South Carolina with more bookkeepers than the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area also pay more, among them Greenville-Anderson, SC ($49,600) and Charleston-North Charleston, SC ($50,400).

the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area is #430 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Las Cruces and Mobile pay just above the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area and Homosassa Springs and Rocky Mount just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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