Bookkeeper salary in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $43,500–$58,950. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $66,190, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,450 wide, against $16,160 across New Hampshire and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Southwestern New Hampshire 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 $9,790 over the median, the 25th only $5,660 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,632 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $52,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern New Hampshire 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 $14,272 to the $49,160 median and brings it to $63,432 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 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($56,580) and HR assistants ($49,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,120.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area (-3.0%), between HR assistants (-2.9%) and office managers (-3.9%). The typical role here is at -3.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 10.1% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 9.9% across New Hampshire and 8.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $49,160 in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $52,550 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $3,390 a year. All 3 areas in New Hampshire with more bookkeepers than the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area also pay more, among them Manchester-Nashua, NH ($52,550) and the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area ($49,660).

the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area is #478 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside New Hampshire, Green Bay and Akron pay just above the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area and Allentown-Bethlehem and Bangor just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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