Bookkeeper hourly rate: Bookkeeper Pay Benchmark
The median published figure in the Bookkeeper Pay Benchmark is 49,055 USD across 2 sources' own pages in USD (range 47,440 to 50,670 USD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
Reconzy sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
3 of the 5 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 49,055 USD across 2).
By measure and experience
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| measuremedian annual wage, OES percentile table | 47,440USD | 47,440 to 47,440USD | 1 |
| experiencestarter (GB) | 24,000GBP | 24,000 to 24,000GBP | 1 |
| experienceexperienced (GB) | 35,000GBP | 35,000 to 35,000GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLS - Occupational Outlook Handbook, bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks | 50,670USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| BLS - OES 43-3031, May 2023 | 47,440USD | median annual wage, OES percentile table | 2026-10-11 |
| National Careers Service - bookkeeper (UK) | 35,000GBP | experienced (GB) | 2026-10-11 |
| National Careers Service - bookkeeper (UK) | 24,000GBP | starter (GB) | 2026-10-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (4)
- BLS - Occupational Outlook Handbook, bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks, read 2026-10-12:
2025 Median Pay $50,670 per year
- BLS - OES 43-3031, May 2023, read 2026-10-11:
Annual Wage (2) $ 32,460 $ 38,790 $ 47,440 $ 58,040 $ 68,860
- National Careers Service - bookkeeper (UK), read 2026-10-11:
£35,000
- National Careers Service - bookkeeper (UK), read 2026-10-11:
Average salary (a year) £24,000
Read in full, publishes no figure
2 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- BLS - OES 43-3031, current release, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ONS - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
3 of the 5 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 2 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 32 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the statistical agency's median hourly and annual wage for the occupation, per state and per UK region, set against the outsourced monthly price from the flagship index to give the buyer the only comparison that decides the question - what an hour of in-house bookkeeping costs against what an hour of outsourced costs; the series over releases, so the page can say what changed
32 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (5)
- BLS - Occupational Outlook Handbook, bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS - OES 43-3031, current release(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS - OES 43-3031, May 2023(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- National Careers Service - bookkeeper (UK)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Bookkeeper Pay Benchmark is 49,055 USD across 2 sources' own pages in USD (range 47,440 to 50,670 USD; 3 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
3 of the 5 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Bookkeeper Pay Benchmark, measure median annual wage, OES percentile table: median 47,440 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Bookkeeper Pay Benchmark, experience starter (GB): median 24,000 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Bookkeeper Pay Benchmark, experience experienced (GB): median 35,000 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 49,055 USD across 2).
Cite as: "Reconzy Bookkeeper Pay Benchmark", updated 2026-10-18, https://reconzy.com/datasets/bookkeeper-pay-benchmark/.
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