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What bookkeepers make

Median

$58,000

Lower end

$41,000

Upper end

$94,000

Job Bank's national median is $28.02 an hour, about $58,000 a year full time. Job Bank pools bookkeepers with accounting technicians, who often earn a little more. Self-employed bookkeepers with a full roster of clients can beat the top of this range.