How much do Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks make in Mayaguez, PR?

Percentile spread

For Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $21,910 and the 90th percentile is $39,500. The difference is $17,590, which is 67.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $22,930 to the 75th at $30,030, covers $7,100.

The mean annual wage is $28,250, which sits above the median of $26,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mayaguez, PR median is 48.7% lower than the national median of $50,670 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.

It is 9.4% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $28,700.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Mayaguez, PR ranks 4th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $25,700 and employment of 370. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $26,070 and employment of 340. That median is 0.3% higher than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $25,040 and employment of 190. That median is 3.7% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks accounts for 0.73% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (380 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.88% of employment (1,373,680 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.83 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.