Bookkeeper salary in the West Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the West Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $62,490, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the West Kentucky nonmetro area earns $35,990–$52,000. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,010 wide, against $19,160 across Kentucky and $17,950 nationally: employers in the West Kentucky nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,910 a year in pay and about $10,206 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,100 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 the West Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $46,550 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $44,090 median, a local hire costs about $56,890 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,800 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 Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($47,820) and HR assistants ($42,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $75,050.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the West Kentucky nonmetro area (-13.0%), between office managers (-12.0%) and HR assistants (-15.4%). The typical role here is at -18.3%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the West Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 16.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the West Kentucky nonmetro area, 11.8% across Kentucky and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $41,360 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $48,000 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $6,640 a year. Of the 4 areas in Kentucky with more bookkeepers than the West Kentucky nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($41,360) and the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($43,740).

the West Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Kentucky nonmetro area is #150 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 Kentucky, Auburn-Opelika and San Angelo pay just above the West Kentucky nonmetro area and Morristown and Jackson just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the West Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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