Bookkeeper salary in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $66,450, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southwest New York nonmetro area earns $41,720–$58,570. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,850 wide, against $21,930 across New York and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Southwest New York 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 $9,270 a year in pay and about $11,961 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,580 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 New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $58,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

At the $49,300 median, a local hire costs about $63,613 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,313 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 New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($56,890) and e-commerce order specialists ($49,290). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,970.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area (-2.7%), between recruiters (-2.7%) and customer support specialists (-3.5%). The typical role here is at -6.2%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Southwest New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 14.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, 7.7% across New York and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $47,100 in Watertown-Fort Drum to $60,640 in New York-Newark, a gap of $13,540 a year. All 6 areas in New York with more bookkeepers than the Southwest New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($60,640) and Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($51,610).

the Southwest New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest New York nonmetro area is #118 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside New York, Bismarck and Ogden pay just above the Southwest New York nonmetro area and Oshkosh-Neenah and Eau Claire just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the Southwest New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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