St. Louis, MO / Bookkeeping & CAS
Bookkeeping and CAS firms · St. Louis
Offshore bookkeeping support, trained for your firm.
For St. Louis-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.
St. Louis · May 2025 BLS
$24.03 an hour
Median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the St. Louis metro, 1% below the national median of $24.36. Most earn between $21.81 and $29.14. 9,950 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Bookkeeping and CAS firms in St. Louis.
The St. Louis metro had 1,046 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in 2024, 37 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 46th of the 50 largest US metros. Firm numbers were roughly flat on 2023 (−1.9%). They’re less common here than nationally (0.72 times the national share). Jobs in this occupation are 0.84 times as concentrated here as nationally.
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector. BLS doesn’t publish employment for this industry in St. Louis, to protect individual firms’ data.
A full-time seat in St. Louis.
St. Louis has the 35th 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.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, St. Louis 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 St. Louis compares.
St. Louis sits in the middle of its region: $2.09 an hour below Austin and $0.88 above San Antonio at the median.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO | $24.03 | $21.81–$29.14 | 1,046 | −1.9% |
| Kansas City, MO | $24.49 | $21.91–$28.90 | 1,250 | +3.2% |
| San Antonio, TX | $23.15 | $19.69–$28.26 | 1,047 | +0.6% |
| Austin, TX | $26.12 | $21.56–$30.65 | 1,314 | +1.4% |
| Nashville, TN | $24.43 | $21.70–$29.48 | 1,242 | +4.7% |
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 we train for St. Louis accounting firms.
Each role is trained on your tools and SOPs before day one. Full role descriptions →
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
Working your hours
St. Louis hours, covered.
St. Louis questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms are in St. Louis?
1,046 in 2024, according to the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, −1.9% on 2023.
What does a local hire cost St. Louis accounting firms?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the St. Louis metro is $24.03 an hour (May 2025). Most earn between $21.81 and $29.14. With payroll taxes and benefits, a full-time median hire costs about $4,998 a month at 160 hours. A managed Molave role costs $2,240–$3,840 a month at the same hours.
Can Molave staff work St. Louis hours?
Yes. Staff work St. Louis business hours. A 9am–5pm day in St. Louis 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 for your St. Louis firm.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.