Bookkeeper salary in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area earns $33,260–$46,100. The top tenth earns $54,390 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,840 wide, against $13,070 across West Virginia and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Southern West Virginia 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 $7,650 a year in pay and about $9,871 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,190 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, and the West Virginia statewide median of $42,890 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local bookkeepers earn.

What a hire really costs in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $11,163 to the $38,450 median and brings it to $49,613 a year. 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 West Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($41,280) and HR assistants ($38,070). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,730.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area (-24.1%), between accountants (-22.7%) and HR assistants (-24.8%). The typical role here is at -23.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 16.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area, 13.0% across West Virginia and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $38,450 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $45,140 in Weirton-Steubenville, a gap of $6,690 a year. All 3 areas in West Virginia with more bookkeepers than the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area also pay more, among them the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area ($41,390) and Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($42,720).

the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area is #312 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No US metro area pays bookkeepers less than the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area; the table shows the next lowest outside West Virginia. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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