Bookkeeper salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $73,810, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $39,910–$59,870. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $19,960 wide, wider than in Colorado as a whole ($17,770) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the Southwest Colorado 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 $10,560 a year in pay and about $13,626 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $9,400 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $54,000 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

At the $49,310 median, a local hire costs about $63,626 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,316 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between HR assistants ($49,990) and e-commerce order specialists ($47,510). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,080.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area (-2.7%), between customer support specialists (-2.4%) and office managers (-4.6%). The typical role here is at -2.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 12.9% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 8.4% across Colorado and 9.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $46,840 in Colorado Springs to $57,510 in Denver-Aurora, a gap of $10,670 a year. Of the 5 areas in Colorado with more bookkeepers than the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Colorado Springs, CO ($46,840).

the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area is #211 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Bismarck and Ogden pay just above the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area and Glens Falls and Oshkosh-Neenah just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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