Locations / Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN
Managed Filipino staff for Nashville businesses.
Trained, managed operations staff and pods for Nashville-area marketing agencies, insurance agencies and more. Monthly or hourly, working your hours.
Bookkeeping assistant, per hour. Local = May 2025 BLS median wage for the Nashville metro plus about 30% employer costs.
The Nashville market
Who does business in Nashville.
In 2024 the Nashville metro had 1,610 insurance agencies and brokerages, the largest of the five markets we serve. The most distinctive is advertising, PR and marketing agencies: they make up 1.65 times their national share of local businesses. Property management and related real estate firms grew fastest, up 8.7% on 2023. For accounting and bookkeeping firms per resident, Nashville ranks 13th of the 50 largest US metros.
| Industry | Businesses | Per 100k residents | Change on 2023 | Concentration vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising, PR and marketing agencies | 853 | 39 | +4.3% | 1.65× |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 1,610 | 73 | +6.1% | 1.32× |
| Property management and related real estate firms | 1,111 | 51 | +8.7% | 1.19× |
| Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms | 1,242 | 57 | +4.7% | 1.04× |
| Plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors | 1,484 | 68 | +3.7% | 0.98× |
Business counts: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector, Nashville 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 Nashville
The cost of a seat in Nashville, role by role.
Nashville has the 30th 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 24% 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 Nashville bookkeepers earn between $21.70 and $29.48 an hour.
| Role | Nashville median wage | With employer costs | Molave (draft) | Less, at our top rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping assistantBLS: Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks | $24.43 | $31.76 | $14–$24 | 24% |
| Marketing productionBLS: Market research analysts and marketing specialists (more senior than most production roles, so this overstates the gap) | $37.13 | $48.27 | $14–$24 | 50% |
| Customer service / CSRBLS: Customer service representatives | $21.88 | $28.44 | $10–$16 | 44% |
| Admin / operations assistantBLS: Secretaries and administrative assistants | $23.56 | $30.63 | $10–$16 | 48% |
Wages: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, median hourly wage for the Nashville 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 Nashville metro employs 13,790 bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks and 5,510 marketing specialists and analysts, according to the BLS.
Your team works your day.
Molave staff work Nashville 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 Nashville.
Nashville sits in the middle of its region: $1.69 an hour below Austin and $1.28 above San Antonio at the median.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville, TN | $24.43 | $21.70–$29.48 | 1,242 | +4.7% |
| Memphis, TN | $23.27 | $19.71–$27.90 | 479 | +0.2% |
| Kansas City, MO | $24.49 | $21.91–$28.90 | 1,250 | +3.2% |
| Austin, TX | $26.12 | $21.56–$30.65 | 1,314 | +1.4% |
| San Antonio, TX | $23.15 | $19.69–$28.26 | 1,047 | +0.6% |
Industries
Who we support in Nashville.
Ordered by how concentrated each industry is in Nashville.
Plug in trained production capacity for SEO, reporting, CRM and client operations.
853 advertising, PR and marketing agencies in the Nashville metro.
In Nashville → Insurance agenciesTrained service support that works behind your licensed producers.
1,610 insurance agencies and brokerages in the Nashville metro.
Explore → Property managementA trained operations team for tenant, vendor and listing work.
1,111 property management and related real estate firms in the Nashville metro.
Explore → Bookkeeping & CASA trained offshore accounting operations bench, not a random VA.
1,242 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in the Nashville metro.
In Nashville → Home servicesA remote back office that keeps calls, estimates and follow-up moving.
1,484 plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors in the Nashville metro.
Explore →Nashville questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting and bookkeeping firms are in the Nashville area?
1,242 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, based on 2024 BLS data, +4.7% on the year before. That’s 57 for every 100,000 residents.
What does a bookkeeper cost in Nashville?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Nashville metro is $24.43 an hour (May 2025), and most earn between $21.70 and $29.48. With payroll taxes and benefits, a median hire costs about $31.76 an hour. A managed Molave bookkeeping assistant costs $14–$24 an hour.
Can Molave staff work Nashville hours?
Yes. Staff work Nashville business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Nashville 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 Nashville.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.