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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary in Massachusetts

What Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks earn in Massachusetts, labor market by labor market, and what is left after taxes and living costs in 5 counties.

Average in MA
$58,969
local median wages, weighted
Rank among states
3 of 31
published states
Workers in state
34,240
BLS employment estimate
Wage areas
1
5 counties

Pay by labor market in Massachusetts

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay by wage area in Massachusetts
Wage areaMedian wageTake-home payMargin per yearLargest county
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$60,960$48,282$10,753Middlesex County, MA

Counties ranked by what is left after the basics

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts counties, by yearly margin
#CountyMedian wageTake-home payMargin per year
1Plymouth County, MA$60,960$48,282$13,117
2Essex County, MA$60,960$48,282$12,397
3Middlesex County, MA$60,960$48,282$10,753
4Norfolk County, MA$60,960$48,282$9,169
5Suffolk County, MA$60,960$48,282$9,121

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay in Massachusetts

The employment-weighted average of local median wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts is $58,969, based on 34,240 workers. Among the 31 states with published data, that ranks number 3. The BLS national median for the occupation is $50,670, so Massachusetts averages 16.4% above it.

Published data for Massachusetts currently covers the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, with a local median wage of $60,960.

Cost of living for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts

We compare 5 Massachusetts counties after federal, Social Security, Medicare and state taxes and the four basics: a one-bedroom rental, food, home energy and gasoline. Plymouth County, MA leaves the largest yearly margin, $13,117. Suffolk County, MA leaves the smallest, $9,121. The median wage covers all four basics in 5 of the 5 counties.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in other states

The states with the highest average local median wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks are New Hampshire ($59,374), District of Columbia ($59,290), California ($58,920) and New Jersey ($58,468).

Frequently asked questions: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts

How much do Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks earn in Massachusetts?

The employment-weighted average of local median wages is $58,969.

Which Massachusetts county is best for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks?

Plymouth County, MA leaves the largest yearly margin after taxes and the four basics ($13,117). Essex County, MA follows at $12,397.