Bookkeeper salary in Victoria, TX

Pay in Victoria against Texas and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $65,880, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in Victoria earns $37,930–$54,790. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,860 wide, against $19,610 across Texas and $17,950 nationally: employers in Victoria pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,300 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,560, or about $11,045 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 median and the 75th percentile in Victoria, and the Texas statewide median of $48,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Victoria

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 $13,422 to the $46,230 median and brings it to $59,652 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 Victoria

Of the 13 roles we track in Victoria, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between office managers ($54,990) and administrative assistants ($42,240). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,540.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 13 roles we track in Victoria (-8.8%); marketing specialists come last (-22.9%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in Victoria than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.1% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Victoria, 8.1% across Texas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $39,710 in Laredo to $54,320 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $14,610 a year. Of the 30 areas in Texas with more bookkeepers than Victoria, 19 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($41,530), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($45,860) and the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($44,760).

Victoria against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Victoria is #489 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Texas, Panama City-Panama City Beach and Lake Havasu City-Kingman pay just above Victoria and Logan and Pinehurst-Southern Pines just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Victoria. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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