Locations / Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, AL
Managed Filipino staff for Birmingham businesses.
Trained, managed operations staff and pods for Birmingham-area insurance agencies, home service companies and more. Monthly or hourly, working your hours.
Bookkeeping assistant, per hour. Local = May 2025 BLS median wage for the Birmingham metro plus about 30% employer costs.
The Birmingham market
Who does business in Birmingham.
In 2024 the Birmingham metro had 928 plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors, the largest of the five markets we serve. The most distinctive is insurance agencies and brokerages: they make up 1.46 times their national share of local businesses. Property management and related real estate firms grew fastest, up 11.7% on 2023. Advertising, PR and marketing agencies shrank 5.2%. For accounting and bookkeeping firms per resident, Birmingham ranks 20th of the 50 largest US metros.
| Industry | Businesses | Per 100k residents | Change on 2023 | Concentration vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 826 | 69 | +2.7% | 1.46× |
| Plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors | 928 | 77 | +2.8% | 1.33× |
| Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms | 626 | 52 | +2.0% | 1.13× |
| Property management and related real estate firms | 467 | 39 | +11.7% | 1.07× |
| Advertising, PR and marketing agencies | 182 | 15 | −5.2% | 0.76× |
Business counts: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector, Birmingham metropolitan area. Concentration compares each industry’s share of local businesses with its share nationally (1.00× = the US average). Per-resident figures use 2025 population estimates.
What a local hire costs in Birmingham
The cost of a seat in Birmingham, role by role.
Birmingham has the 48th 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 19% 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. Most Birmingham bookkeepers earn between $18.70 and $26.65 an hour.
| Role | Birmingham median wage | With employer costs | Molave (draft) | Less, at our top rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping assistantBLS: Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks | $22.76 | $29.59 | $14–$24 | 19% |
| Marketing productionBLS: Market research analysts and marketing specialists (more senior than most production roles, so this overstates the gap) | $29.90 | $38.87 | $14–$24 | 38% |
| Customer service / CSRBLS: Customer service representatives | $19.49 | $25.34 | $10–$16 | 37% |
| Admin / operations assistantBLS: Secretaries and administrative assistants | $21.43 | $27.86 | $10–$16 | 43% |
Wages: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, median hourly wage for the Birmingham metropolitan area. “With employer costs” adds about 30% for payroll taxes and benefits, rounded from BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. Molave rates are draft ranges. BLS categories are the closest match to each role, not an exact one. The Birmingham metro employs 5,430 bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks and 2,660 marketing specialists and analysts, according to the BLS.
Your team works your day.
Molave staff work Birmingham business hours. In Manila that’s a night shift, which is standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry and something we plan around from day one.
Nearby metros
Bookkeeping costs around Birmingham.
Birmingham sits in the middle of its region: $1.72 an hour below Milwaukee and $0.09 above Oklahoma City at the median.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | $22.76 | $18.70–$26.65 | 626 | +2.0% |
| Memphis, TN | $23.27 | $19.71–$27.90 | 479 | +0.2% |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $22.67 | $18.81–$27.53 | 1,117 | +2.6% |
| Milwaukee, WI | $24.48 | $22.14–$28.84 | 591 | +5.0% |
| Nashville, TN | $24.43 | $21.70–$29.48 | 1,242 | +4.7% |
Industries
Who we support in Birmingham.
Ordered by how concentrated each industry is in Birmingham.
Trained service support that works behind your licensed producers.
826 insurance agencies and brokerages in the Birmingham metro.
Explore → Home servicesA remote back office that keeps calls, estimates and follow-up moving.
928 plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors in the Birmingham metro.
Explore → Bookkeeping & CASA trained offshore accounting operations bench, not a random VA.
626 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in the Birmingham metro.
In Birmingham → Property managementA trained operations team for tenant, vendor and listing work.
467 property management and related real estate firms in the Birmingham metro.
Explore → Marketing agenciesPlug in trained production capacity for SEO, reporting, CRM and client operations.
182 advertising, PR and marketing agencies in the Birmingham metro.
In Birmingham →Birmingham questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting and bookkeeping firms are in the Birmingham area?
626 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, based on 2024 BLS data, +2.0% on the year before. That’s 52 for every 100,000 residents.
What does a bookkeeper cost in Birmingham?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Birmingham metro is $22.76 an hour (May 2025), and most earn between $18.70 and $26.65. With payroll taxes and benefits, a median hire costs about $29.59 an hour. A managed Molave bookkeeping assistant costs $14–$24 an hour.
Can Molave staff work Birmingham hours?
Yes. Staff work Birmingham business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Birmingham is 10pm–6am in Manila during US daylight saving time and 11pm–7am in winter, a night shift that’s standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry.
Book a staffing call
Start with one role in Birmingham.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.