Seattle, WA / Bookkeeping & CAS
Bookkeeping and CAS firms · Seattle
Offshore bookkeeping support, trained for your firm.
For Seattle-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.
Seattle · May 2025 BLS
$29.07 an hour
Median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Seattle metro, 19% above the national median of $24.36. Most earn between $24.75 and $33.64. 17,860 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Bookkeeping and CAS firms in Seattle.
The Seattle metro had 2,095 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in 2024, 50 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 23rd of the 50 largest US metros. It’s a growing market, up 6.7% on 2023. More firms competing for the same local hires tends to push wages up. These firms are 1.10 times as common here as their national share, so Seattle is a real hub for this work. Together they employ 15,352 people at an average of $2,099 a week. Jobs in this occupation are 0.97 times as concentrated here as nationally.
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector.
A full-time seat in Seattle.
Seattle has the 5th 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 36% less per hour than a local hire with employer costs. That’s one of the widest gaps among the 50 largest US metros.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Seattle 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 Seattle compares.
Seattle sits in the middle of its region: $2.44 an hour below San Francisco and $2.33 above Riverside–San Bernardino at the median.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | $29.07 | $24.75–$33.64 | 2,095 | +6.7% |
| San Francisco, CA | $31.51 | $27.65–$37.72 | 2,207 | −1.4% |
| Riverside–San Bernardino, CA | $26.74 | $22.72–$30.69 | 1,465 | +1.0% |
| San Diego, CA | $28.16 | $23.53–$33.72 | 1,824 | −0.7% |
| Portland, OR | $27.42 | $23.25–$31.07 | 1,644 | −1.1% |
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 Seattle 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
Seattle hours, covered.
Seattle questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms are in Seattle?
2,095 in 2024, according to the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, +6.7% on 2023.
What does a local hire cost Seattle accounting firms?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Seattle metro is $29.07 an hour (May 2025). Most earn between $24.75 and $33.64. With payroll taxes and benefits, a full-time median hire costs about $6,047 a month at 160 hours. A managed Molave role costs $2,240–$3,840 a month at the same hours.
Can Molave staff work Seattle hours?
Yes. Staff work Seattle business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Seattle 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 Seattle firm.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.