Bookkeeper salary in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Pay in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against Delaware and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area earns $42,710–$57,620. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $64,110, only 1.8 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 $14,910 wide, against $16,640 across Delaware and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Sussex Delaware 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 $9,420 over the median, the 25th only $5,490 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $12,155 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 Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, and the Delaware statewide median of $51,780 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Sussex Delaware 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 $13,994 to the $48,200 median and brings it to $62,194 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 Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($56,470) and HR assistants ($47,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,040.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area (-4.9%), between virtual receptionists (-3.8%) and administrative assistants (-5.4%). The typical role here is at -4.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 11.7% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, 9.2% across Delaware and 9.3% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Delaware

Across the 2 areas of Delaware with data for this job, the median runs from $45,520 in Dover to $48,200 in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, a gap of $2,680 a year. No other area in Delaware has as many bookkeepers, and the other one pays less.

the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area is #297 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Delaware, Port St. Lucie and Lewiston pay just above the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area and Casper and San Antonio-New Braunfels just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, one pays more.

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