Locations / Louisville, KY
Louisville, KY
Managed Filipino staff for Louisville businesses.
Trained, managed operations staff and pods for Louisville-area insurance agencies, marketing agencies and more. Monthly or hourly, working your hours.
Bookkeeping assistant, per hour. Local = May 2025 BLS median wage for the Louisville metro plus about 30% employer costs.
The Louisville market
Who does business in Louisville.
In 2024 the Louisville metro had 1,089 insurance agencies and brokerages, the largest of the five markets we serve. The most distinctive is insurance agencies and brokerages: they make up 1.41 times their national share of local businesses. Property management and related real estate firms grew fastest, up 10.4% on 2023. For accounting and bookkeeping firms per resident, Louisville ranks 14th of the 50 largest US metros.
| Industry | Businesses | Per 100k residents | Change on 2023 | Concentration vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 1,089 | 78 | +4.9% | 1.41× |
| Advertising, PR and marketing agencies | 445 | 32 | +7.7% | 1.36× |
| Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms | 788 | 56 | +7.4% | 1.04× |
| Plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors | 987 | 70 | +7.4% | 1.03× |
| Property management and related real estate firms | 604 | 43 | +10.4% | 1.02× |
Business counts: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector, Louisville 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 Louisville
The cost of a seat in Louisville, role by role.
Louisville has the 47th 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 20% 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 Louisville bookkeepers earn between $18.85 and $27.65 an hour.
| Role | Louisville median wage | With employer costs | Molave (draft) | Less, at our top rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping assistantBLS: Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks | $23.07 | $29.99 | $14–$24 | 20% |
| Marketing productionBLS: Market research analysts and marketing specialists (more senior than most production roles, so this overstates the gap) | $30.42 | $39.55 | $14–$24 | 39% |
| Customer service / CSRBLS: Customer service representatives | $20.00 | $26.00 | $10–$16 | 38% |
| Admin / operations assistantBLS: Secretaries and administrative assistants | $22.64 | $29.43 | $10–$16 | 46% |
Wages: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, median hourly wage for the Louisville 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 Louisville metro employs 7,730 bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks and 2,290 marketing specialists and analysts, according to the BLS.
Your team works your day.
Molave staff work Louisville 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 Louisville.
Of these metros, Louisville pays the least for this work, $5.52 an hour below Hartford at the median. Local hiring is cheaper here, so the case for Molave rests more on training, management and cover.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville, KY | $23.07 | $18.85–$27.65 | 788 | +7.4% |
| Richmond, VA | $24.71 | $21.64–$29.29 | 580 | −1.9% |
| Raleigh, NC | $24.13 | $20.89–$28.73 | 910 | +5.6% |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $23.34 | $21.15–$28.07 | 330 | −3.8% |
| Hartford, CT | $28.59 | $23.45–$32.77 | 584 | +1.6% |
Industries
Who we support in Louisville.
Ordered by how concentrated each industry is in Louisville.
Trained service support that works behind your licensed producers.
1,089 insurance agencies and brokerages in the Louisville metro.
Explore → Marketing agenciesPlug in trained production capacity for SEO, reporting, CRM and client operations.
445 advertising, PR and marketing agencies in the Louisville metro.
In Louisville → Bookkeeping & CASA trained offshore accounting operations bench, not a random VA.
788 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in the Louisville metro.
In Louisville → Home servicesA remote back office that keeps calls, estimates and follow-up moving.
987 plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors in the Louisville metro.
Explore → Property managementA trained operations team for tenant, vendor and listing work.
604 property management and related real estate firms in the Louisville metro.
Explore →Louisville questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting and bookkeeping firms are in the Louisville area?
788 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, based on 2024 BLS data, +7.4% on the year before. That’s 56 for every 100,000 residents.
What does a bookkeeper cost in Louisville?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Louisville metro is $23.07 an hour (May 2025), and most earn between $18.85 and $27.65. With payroll taxes and benefits, a median hire costs about $29.99 an hour. A managed Molave bookkeeping assistant costs $14–$24 an hour.
Can Molave staff work Louisville hours?
Yes. Staff work Louisville business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Louisville 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 in Louisville.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.