Bookkeeper salary in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area

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

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $64,150, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $42,910–$57,270. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $14,360 wide, against $14,800 across Wisconsin and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Western Wisconsin 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 $8,000 a year in pay and about $10,323 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,360 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 Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $50,340 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Western Wisconsin 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 $14,304 to the $49,270 median and brings it to $63,574 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 Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($51,630) and medical administrative assistants ($47,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,420.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area (-2.8%), between payroll specialists (-0.5%) and administrative assistants (-3.7%). The typical role here is at -3.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 12.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, 9.2% across Wisconsin and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $47,540 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $53,240 in Madison, a gap of $5,700 a year. Of the 5 areas in Wisconsin with more bookkeepers than the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, 3 pay less: the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($48,570), the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($49,010) and Green Bay, WI ($49,160).

the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area is #249 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Medford and Grants Pass pay just above the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area and Omaha and Iowa City just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, none pays as much.

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