Bookkeeper salary in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $60,390, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area earns $34,550–$50,350. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,800 wide, against $16,190 across Mississippi and $17,950 nationally: employers in the West Delta 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 $7,790 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $8,010, or about $10,335 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 West Delta 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 West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $42,340 median, a local hire costs about $54,632 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,292 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 West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($46,080) and HR assistants ($42,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,120.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area (-16.4%), between HR assistants (-16.3%) and office managers (-18.4%). The typical role here is at -22.9%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 13.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Delta 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. Of the 5 areas in Mississippi with more bookkeepers than the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($41,920), Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ($40,530) and the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area ($40,700).

the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area is #305 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Beckley and Altoona pay just above the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area and Monroe and McAllen-Edinburg just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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