Bookkeeper salary in the West Tennessee nonmetro area

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

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $60,530, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the West Tennessee nonmetro area earns $36,130–$49,450. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,320 wide, against $18,130 across Tennessee and $17,950 nationally: employers in the West Tennessee nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,470 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,850, or about $7,548 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 Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $48,180 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 Tennessee nonmetro area

At the $43,600 median, a local hire costs about $56,258 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,658 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 Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the West Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between HR assistants ($44,710) and payroll specialists ($43,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,580.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the West Tennessee nonmetro area (-14.0%), between virtual receptionists (-13.4%) and data entry specialists (-14.4%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 13.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the West Tennessee nonmetro area, 10.4% across Tennessee and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $40,700 in Johnson City to $50,810 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $10,110 a year. All 4 areas in Tennessee with more bookkeepers than the West Tennessee nonmetro area also pay more, among them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($50,810) and Memphis, TN-MS ($48,400).

the West Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Tennessee nonmetro area is #220 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 Tennessee, Sierra Vista-Douglas and Daphne-Fairhope pay just above the West Tennessee nonmetro area and Tuscaloosa and Charleston just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the West Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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