Bookkeeper salary in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA

Pay in Staunton-Stuarts Draft against Virginia and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in Staunton-Stuarts Draft earns $41,370–$57,250. The top tenth earns $66,500 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 $15,880 wide, against $17,810 across Virginia and $17,950 nationally: employers in Staunton-Stuarts Draft pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,720 a year in pay and about $11,252 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,160 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, and the Virginia statewide median of $51,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Staunton-Stuarts Draft

At the $48,530 median, a local hire costs about $62,619 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,089 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft

Of the 14 roles we track in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between paralegals ($50,890) and administrative assistants ($45,890). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,020.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 14 roles we track in Staunton-Stuarts Draft (-4.2%), between administrative assistants (-3.5%) and virtual receptionists (-4.8%). The typical role here is at -9.5%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Staunton-Stuarts Draft than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, 7.6% across Virginia and 8.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $45,270 in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area to $52,680 in Charlottesville, a gap of $7,410 a year. Of the 12 areas in Virginia with more bookkeepers than Staunton-Stuarts Draft, 7 pay less, the largest of them Roanoke, VA ($46,420), the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($46,590) and Lynchburg, VA ($47,060).

Staunton-Stuarts Draft against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Staunton-Stuarts Draft is #474 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Sebastian-Vero Beach and Harrisburg-Carlisle pay just above Staunton-Stuarts Draft and Spartanburg and Orlando-Kissimmee just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Staunton-Stuarts Draft. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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