Bookkeeper salary in the Western Washington nonmetro area

Pay in the Western Washington nonmetro area against Washington and the US

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Western Washington nonmetro area earns $48,690–$65,090. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $77,860, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.1 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,400 wide, against $16,570 across Washington and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Western Washington nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,410 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $6,990, or about $9,019 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 25th percentile and the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $58,620 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Western Washington 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 $16,868 to the $58,100 median and brings it to $74,968 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 Western Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($62,310) and HR assistants ($55,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,580.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area (+14.7%), between data entry specialists (+28.3%) and payroll specialists (+12.3%). The typical role here is at +8.9%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Western Washington nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 15.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Western Washington nonmetro area, 9.7% across Washington and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $51,410 in Walla Walla to $60,460 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $9,050 a year. Of the 2 areas in Washington with more bookkeepers than the Western Washington nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($53,050).

the Western Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Washington nonmetro area is #148 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Rochester and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles pay just above the Western Washington nonmetro area and Trenton-Princeton and Minneapolis-St. Paul just below. All four are within $470 a year of the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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