Bookkeeper salary in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $60,380, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $34,550–$49,270. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,720 wide, against $16,190 across Mississippi and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,370 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,350, or about $9,484 once benefits are added. 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 Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $42,840 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 Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $41,920 median, a local hire costs about $54,090 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,170 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 Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($47,130) and HR assistants ($41,770). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,640.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area (-17.3%), between office managers (-14.8%) and HR assistants (-17.5%). The typical role here is at -22.1%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $39,520 in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area to $43,920 in Jackson, a gap of $4,400 a year. The one area in Mississippi with more bookkeepers, Jackson, MS ($43,920), also pays more.

the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area is #116 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, McAllen-Edinburg and Monroe pay just above the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and Anniston-Oxford and Johnstown just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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