Bookkeeper salary in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area earns $39,210–$57,910. The top tenth earns $66,140 or more, 1.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $18,700 wide, wider than in Ohio as a whole ($16,360) and the US ($17,950), so what a bookkeeper earns in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $10,070 a year in pay and about $12,994 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,630 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 Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $48,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Northwestern Ohio 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 $13,889 to the $47,840 median and brings it to $61,729 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 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between HR assistants ($48,520) and e-commerce order specialists ($45,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,260.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area (-5.6%), between HR assistants (-4.1%) and administrative assistants (-6.7%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 12.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 9.0% across Ohio and 8.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $45,750 in Springfield to $51,170 in Columbus, a gap of $5,420 a year. Of the 7 areas in Ohio with more bookkeepers than the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($47,400).

the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area is #122 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Ohio, Davenport-Moline and Punta Gorda pay just above the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area and Billings and Grand Junction just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, two pay more.

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