Bookkeeper salary in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $60,320, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $34,830–$48,500. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,670 wide, against $18,310 across Oklahoma and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $8,430 over the median, the 25th only $5,240 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,877 a year in employer cost. 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 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $46,180 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 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

At the $40,070 median, a local hire costs about $51,703 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,633 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($44,130) and administrative assistants ($38,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,990.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area (-20.9%), between administrative assistants (-20.0%) and payroll specialists (-24.3%). The typical role here is at -19.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 9.6% across Oklahoma and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $40,070 in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area to $48,250 in Tulsa, a gap of $8,180 a year. All 5 areas in Oklahoma with more bookkeepers than the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area also pay more, among them Oklahoma City, OK ($47,150) and Tulsa, OK ($48,250).

the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area is #417 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Oklahoma, Hattiesburg and Gulfport-Biloxi pay just above the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area and Laredo and Lafayette just below. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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