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Bookkeeping and CAS firms · Jacksonville

Offshore bookkeeping support, trained for your firm.

For Jacksonville-area accounting firms: your senior bookkeepers shouldn’t be chasing documents, cleaning inboxes or prepping every close by hand. We train Filipino bookkeeping staff to take that load off your team, and we manage them for you.

Jacksonville · May 2025 BLS

$23.97 an hour

Median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Jacksonville metro, 2% below the national median of $24.36. Most earn between $21.19 and $29.62. 6,780 people work in this occupation across the metro.

The Jacksonville market

Bookkeeping and CAS firms in Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville metro had 982 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in 2024, 55 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 17th of the 50 largest US metros. It’s a growing market, up 5.0% on 2023. More firms competing for the same local hires tends to push wages up. These firms are 1.16 times as common here as their national share, so Jacksonville is a real hub for this work. Together they employ 7,577 people at an average of $1,748 a week. Jobs in this occupation are 1.00 times as concentrated here as nationally.

982Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, 2024
+5.0%Change in firm count on 2023
1.16×Concentration vs the US average
7,577People employed by these firms

BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector.

What a local hire costs

A full-time seat in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville has the 37th highest median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks among the 50 largest US metros. Even at the top of our draft range, a managed Molave role costs about 23% less per hour than a local hire with employer costs. The gap is narrower here than in coastal metros, so the case rests as much on training, management and cover as on price.

Local hire, Jacksonville
$31.16/hr
Molave, top of range
$24/hr
$4,986Local hire per month at 160 hours, with employer costs
$2,240–3,840Molave per month at 160 hours (draft)

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Jacksonville metropolitan area. Employer costs of about 30% rounded from BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. Both monthly figures use 160 hours. Molave figures are draft ranges.

Nearby metros

How Jacksonville compares.

Jacksonville sits in the middle of its region: $0.21 an hour below Miami and $0.67 above Orlando at the median.

MetroMedian wageMiddle 50% earnFirms (2024)Change on 2023
Jacksonville, FL$23.97$21.19–$29.62982+5.0%
Miami, FL$24.18$21.26–$29.026,159+0.6%
Tampa, FL$24.08$21.37–$29.312,317+2.7%
Orlando, FL$23.30$20.01–$28.501,677+2.1%
Virginia Beach–Norfolk, VA$23.41$19.87–$28.19687+1.2%

Wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks; “middle 50%” is the 25th to 75th percentile hourly wage. Firm counts: BLS QCEW, 2024.

Roles

Roles we train for Jacksonville accounting firms.

Each role is trained on your tools and SOPs before day one. Full role descriptions →

Bookkeeping assistantAP/AR assistantPayroll supportClient document collectorTax admin assistantCleanup specialist

Workflows

Work we take off your plate.

  • Month-end close prep and checklist tracking
  • Weekly document requests and follow-up
  • Bank and credit card reconciliation prep
  • AP runs and AR collection reminders
  • Cleanup and catch-up projects
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Working your hours

Jacksonville hours, covered.

9am–5pmYour day in Jacksonville · Eastern Time
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9pm–5amManila during US daylight saving time. 10pm–6am in winter. (UTC+8, no daylight saving.)
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Jacksonville questions

Straight answers, with local numbers.

How many accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms are in Jacksonville?

982 in 2024, according to the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, +5.0% on 2023.

What does a local hire cost Jacksonville accounting firms?

The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Jacksonville metro is $23.97 an hour (May 2025). Most earn between $21.19 and $29.62. With payroll taxes and benefits, a full-time median hire costs about $4,986 a month at 160 hours. A managed Molave role costs $2,240–$3,840 a month at the same hours.

Can Molave staff work Jacksonville hours?

Yes. Staff work Jacksonville business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Jacksonville is 9pm–5am in Manila during US daylight saving time and 10pm–6am in winter, a night shift that’s standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry.

Book a staffing call

Start with one role for your Jacksonville firm.

Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.