Bookkeeper salary in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area

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

The middle half of bookkeepers in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area earns $39,630–$56,710. The top tenth earns $66,700 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.1 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $17,080 wide, against $17,630 across Wyoming and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $7,940 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,140, or about $11,794 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, and the Wyoming statewide median of $47,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area

At the $47,570 median, a local hire costs about $61,381 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,811 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 Western Wyoming nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($47,750) and administrative assistants ($46,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,660.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area (-6.1%), between project coordinators (-5.5%) and office managers (-8.9%). The typical role here is at -6.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Bookkeepers hold 21.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, 17.1% across Wyoming and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wyoming

Across the 4 areas of Wyoming with data for this job, the median runs from $47,570 in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area to $48,550 in Cheyenne, a gap of $980 a year. No other area in Wyoming has as many bookkeepers, and none of the others pays less.

the Western Wyoming nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Wyoming nonmetro area is #176 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wyoming, York-Hanover and Provo-Orem pay just above the Western Wyoming nonmetro area and Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Deltona-Daytona Beach just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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