Sacramento, CA / Bookkeeping & CAS
Bookkeeping and CAS firms · Sacramento
Offshore bookkeeping support, trained for your firm.
For Sacramento-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.
Sacramento · May 2025 BLS
$27.33 an hour
Median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Sacramento metro, 12% above the national median of $24.36. Most earn between $23.22 and $30.91. 8,680 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Bookkeeping and CAS firms in Sacramento.
The Sacramento metro had 1,010 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in 2024, 41 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 37th of the 50 largest US metros. It’s a growing market, up 3.2% on 2023. More firms competing for the same local hires tends to push wages up. They’re less common here than nationally (0.63 times the national share). Together they employ 5,548 people at an average of $1,526 a week. Jobs in this occupation are 0.91 times as concentrated here as nationally.
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector.
A full-time seat in Sacramento.
Sacramento has the 13th 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 32% less per hour than a local hire with employer costs. That’s a meaningful saving, even before counting recruiting and turnover.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Sacramento 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 Sacramento compares.
Sacramento sits in the middle of its region: $4.18 an hour below San Francisco and $0.59 above Riverside–San Bernardino at the median.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento, CA | $27.33 | $23.22–$30.91 | 1,010 | +3.2% |
| Los Angeles, CA | $28.17 | $23.09–$32.55 | 8,192 | 0.0% |
| Riverside–San Bernardino, CA | $26.74 | $22.72–$30.69 | 1,465 | +1.0% |
| San Francisco, CA | $31.51 | $27.65–$37.72 | 2,207 | −1.4% |
| San Diego, CA | $28.16 | $23.53–$33.72 | 1,824 | −0.7% |
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 Sacramento 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
Sacramento hours, covered.
Sacramento questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms are in Sacramento?
1,010 in 2024, according to the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, +3.2% on 2023.
What does a local hire cost Sacramento accounting firms?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Sacramento metro is $27.33 an hour (May 2025). Most earn between $23.22 and $30.91. With payroll taxes and benefits, a full-time median hire costs about $5,685 a month at 160 hours. A managed Molave role costs $2,240–$3,840 a month at the same hours.
Can Molave staff work Sacramento hours?
Yes. Staff work Sacramento business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Sacramento is midnight–8am in Manila during US daylight saving time and 1am–9am in winter, a night shift that’s standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry.
Book a staffing call
Start with one role for your Sacramento firm.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.